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Ferraro on Vegas' opening win, Marner's performance and the Maple Leafs' franchise next steps
03 Jun 2026
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Chapter 1: What did Ray Ferraro think of Vegas' opening win against the Hurricanes?
All right, let's bring in Ray joining us here on the Maple Toyota Hotline down in Carolina. There he is, Ray Ferraro joining us. Ray, I guess you can answer that question. Just based on pure talent, who do you think is the best player in this series?
Jack Eichel, I would guess. So he was second overall. But look at some of these guys that have been amazing in this. Right. Like Mark Stone, he was drafted in the sixth round. He can't skate across the street and he's amazing.
He's the if I said in one of the games, if you had a skating race with 10 players, he would finish 10th every time and he would be one of the first two or three picks every time. Stars are amazing if you can find them, but you have to... This sport, more than almost any other, you need a team, right? Wemby can change the whole game because he's got the ball all the time.
And in hockey, right, the best guys are out there 25 minutes if you're a defenseman or 20 minutes if you're a forward. It's nice if you can have them, but they're... The guys that change the game by themselves are very few, I think, in the league.
Razor, Austin Matthews' agent, Hazy B., earlier in the show, was bitching and moaning about offensive zone times and he's got to do this and get more opportunities and get his offensive game flowing. And I brought up the player you just mentioned, Jack Eichel. What do you think the expectation is for Jack Eichel as far as his play? Just his general...
Like, idea for Jack when he takes the ice, what he's supposed to do or supposed to be. Tell me.
Well, he's a matchup guy. He's going to play against the other team's top guy. He's going to average a point a game. And he's going to lead. He's going to lead by the way that he plays the game, like all over the ice. I don't think Jack Eichel will ever be a 120-point guy because that's just not the way he plays. And, man, I think he's a terrific player. Put it this way.
He's got two goals in this playoff, and he's made significant impact to other players on his line, to the way that they play, to the minutes that he plays and who he plays against. He was way better than McKinnon in the series against Colorado. It wasn't even close. And I think Nate McKinnon's an amazing player.
So, Ray, what did you make of last night's game? Was it two teams trying to feel each other out early on, some mistakes, all of that type of stuff? But, you know, what was your biggest takeaway from last night?
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Chapter 2: How did Mitch Marner perform in his Stanley Cup final debut?
They got to sign Dorofeev, right? The guy got 37 goals. He's got 10 goals in the playoffs. He's an RFA, right? So I hear, oh, there might be an offer sheet. He's an offer sheet target. Or they might trade Aiden Hill. Well, who's going to pay Hefty for Aiden Hill? He makes $5 million. No one, right? But if you attach a draft pick to it. Maybe there's something there. And so Vegas clears cap room.
A team will get another draft pick. I think the picks are going to start moving around. And I also wonder at the top of the draft, since there is no Celebrini this year, it doesn't appear to be anyway, would one of those first five or six picks get moved?
I'd love to see it. I think it's really possible. It never happens, but I'd love to see it. Razor, you look like you're doing something outdoorsy today. Do tell.
Poorly, I might add. Where? A track that you may be familiar with, Old Chatham. Yeah, really nice spot. Have you played?
Yes.
Really great spot. A rather... A rather slow start to the round. It took me about four holes to realize the shafts of these clubs are way stiffer than anything that I use.
You don't know how disgusted I am that you wouldn't have brought your clubs. That's sin. You're going from North Carolina to Vegas.
I am thinking of ship sticks on Friday into Vegas because I can't do this again. It was a debacle. And I'm checking luggage anyway.
Exactly.
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