The Players' Show with Stewart, Raycroft & Hickey

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

🗓️ 9 March 2023

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Jeff chats with Anthony Stewart about his new role with O2K Sports, how his personal experiences will aid future players and the newfound forward depth for the Maple Leafs ahead of the playoffs. Random Player of the Day – Rick Hampton (18:05). Andrew Raycroft weighs in on the upcoming matchup between the Bruins and Oilers, how Boston has been able to keep up their incredible pace all season and the impressive goaltending tandem of Linus Ullmark and Jeremy Swayman (24:29). Thomas Hickey discusses the idea of the Islanders being built for a long playoff run, Ilya Sorokin as the team’s MVP and the evolution of Sidney Crosby’s game (46:58). 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 Sports Net Radio Network.
0:07.0	Coming up the top of the hour to see a random player of the day.
0:10.0	Also Andrew Raycroft from Nesson and the Morning Group
0:13.2	podcast that is the Bruins facing off against the Edmonton Oilers later on this
0:17.5	evening and Thomas Hickey gets us set for the Islanders and the Pittsburgh
0:21.6	Penguins. Thomas now the
0:22.8	Islanders studio analyst and doing amazing work there. He's really good.
0:28.2	Speaking of which Anthony Stewart from the NHL on Sports Set also
0:32.3	sports director of player development. Stewart from the NHL on Sports Set, also Sports Director of Player Development for
0:35.1	O2K Sports.
0:37.5	Stewie, how are you today?
0:39.5	I'm doing well, thanks for having the on on this fine brisk afternoon and morning for some as well.
0:46.7	Yeah for our listeners at West it is the morning here in Ontario it is a brisk afternoon you are right and I want to get to some
0:54.4	NHL issues and I do want to ask you about hockey equality but I want to talk to
0:59.6	you about 2K sports as you are now the director of player development.
1:04.0	How long has this been in the work and what are you doing?
1:06.4	Because first of all, you're the hardest working guy in the industry.
1:09.4	Anybody that knows you knows you have like about five, seven eight nine ten different hats that you
1:15.1	wear at any given time what's this job all about? Well I didn't have enough job so
1:21.9	I thought I'd add another but I successfully
1:24.3	figured out how to clone myself so I'm able now to take on some more tasks but it's
1:28.8	just something that you know sort of came into fruition this past summer with with
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