Mark Scheig

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When we come back, we've got our next guest, Mark Scheig from the Hockey Writers, talking about the big trade, Matthew Knies for Kirill Marchenko.

Marchenko making his debut for the Leafs yesterday.

Uh, did pick up a point in his debut, and, uh, we'll get the Columbus perspective next with the Puck Report here on the Gizzola Show.

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Uh, you got Dave Schlomko, you got Brendan Douglas, and you have Josh Fenwick in studio with.

We've got Mark Scheig from, uh, Columbus with the Hockey Writers joining us now.

And a huge trade a couple days ago, uh, as the Jackets pick up Matthew Knies from the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Luke and Scott.

Arpen, I actually saw this tweet because you reposted it from Mark Scheig, if I'm pronouncing his name correctly, who covers the Columbus Blue Jackets, essentially saying that Don Waddell doesn't want any futures in a potential deal with Kirill Marchenko.

To you, does that increase or lessen the chances of the Canadians potentially landing him?

I mean, I don't think it's news.

Luke and Scott.

Arpen, I actually saw this tweet because you reposted it from Mark Scheig, if I'm pronouncing his name correctly, who covers the Columbus Blue Jackets, essentially saying that Don Waddell doesn't want any futures in a potential deal with Kirill Marchenko.

To you, does that increase or lessen the chances of the Canadians potentially landing him?

I mean, I don't think it's news.

it made me feel bad when they started doing interviews at the beginning of this week.

Mark Scheig did an interview with Charlie Coyle.

And they talked about like, oh, you know, you signed like in May.

But that kind of gets forgotten.

He wants to help us win.

This is a very different statement to what he said in the Q&A with, I think it was Mark Scheig, you know, last week sometime, where he basically said, if Marchenko starts the year here, you know, if we can find a trade, it'll happen.

But if not, we'll explain to the player and the agent what's happening.

Like, I'm just, I'm getting a lot of mixed messages.

But how much does it really weight? Because nobody's going to spend a fortune on a guy to have him only for one year.

The, the important thing is the next contract So I think what's, what strikes me in that little Waddell media tour, 'cause he, he's, he also spoke to, uh, Mark Scheig in, in, in Ohio and, um, who...

And he told him, uh, "If he starts here, I don't an- anticipate it being a distraction.

And, you know, if w- if, if there's no trade that ever happens, then we'll have to sit down and just talk through it and tell him why." So he's fully aware of the fact that Marchenko wants out.