The Leafs Stay Alive + Setting Up a Couple of Game 6's

The Jeff Marek Show

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Sports, Flames, Canucks, Canadiens, Maple Leafs, Stanley Cup, Nhl, Oilers, Jets, Senators, Hockey

4.4 • 887 Ratings

🗓️ 3 May 2024

⏱️ 100 minutes

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Summary

Jeff and Producer Matt look back on Toronto’s Game 6 victory over Boston, if Jim Montgomery is on the hot-seat with a Bruins’ series loss and the award landscape this season. Former NHL defenceman and current Predators analyst, Hal Gill discusses what has made Andrew Brunette so impactful with the Preds, the vibe surrounding the Nashville players and how the team has rebounded after Colton Sissons’ missed empty net in Game 4 (32:50). Shayna Goldman of The Athletic weighs in on the entertainment of the first round, Rick Tocchet being the favourite for the Jack Adams Trophy and how the Leafs have clawed back into their series with Boston (50:02). Later on, Golden Knights insider Gary Lawless chats about how good the series between Vegas and Dallas has been, the decision to go to Adin Hill in Game 5 and Alex Pietrangelo’s play in the series (01:22:17). 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.
0:08.7	Where you've been in some Game 7s?
0:10.0	What's it like to play in the Game 7?
0:13.1	Yeah, it's special.
0:15.5	I don't know if we've won one yet, so we're up to the test.
0:19.1	I'm sure people have told them since.
0:21.8	No, you have one of game seven.
0:23.8	That's William Nylander after the command performance by him,
0:27.1	and players like Jake McCabe, who was awesome,
0:30.7	Joseph Wall, who was awesome, Matthew Nyes,
0:34.4	who was awesome in that game last night?
0:36.1	Who would have thunk it?
0:54.1	When they were getting booed off the ice and we were trading everybody and firing everybody? And we still might. We'll see what happens on Saturday. That the Maple Leafs would have forced a game seven. But here we are. I don't know if it's as much about the Maple Leafs as it is about the Boston Bruins, probably a combination of the both.
0:55.9	We'll get into both sides of this story here coming up in a couple of moments.
0:59.3	Elliot, by the way, is in Newfoundland with a number of our colleagues for Bob Cole's funeral.
1:05.6	So we hope everyone there is doing well as well as they can, considering the circumstances.
1:13.2	So we will move on here.
1:15.9	Bottom of the hour, Hal Gill will stop by a predator's analyst.
1:18.6	We'll see the Nashville Predators tonight looking to stave off elimination against the Vancouver Canucks.
1:23.2	Also, Sheena Goldman from The Athletic and the Too Many Men podcast drops by to kickoff hour to
1:28.1	Gary Lawless. Maddie, you booked the mayor. I did. Maddie you booked the mayor of Vegas. The mayor is always tough. Ooh, he got the mayor. He is far from tough to book. He's a very good man, Mr. Lawless. I love Gary. So he'll stop by. We'll have with the Vegas Golden Knights. they look to Steve off elimination against the Dallas Stars.
1:26.3	Now on three games,
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