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But, you know, he was, he was, he was happy up in the 300s.

Everything went well.

Um, no, it was, uh, it was awesome.

So yeah, the, the couple days, we got there Wednesday.

We're doing our prep, our walkthroughs, and I, I didn't get the, you know, full side of, of what the Leafs were gonna do with the first overall pick in terms of, like, that production until probably sometime Friday morning.

And, you know, pulled aside by, like, the Sportsnet execs, and they're like, "You know, I just, just need you to know that there's a really special guest coming." And I was like, "Y- yes, who's that?" And they're like, um, "Well, his name is Justin Bieber, and you're gonna interview him, uh, live with Gavin McKenna, just so you know." I was like, "Okay, thank you for the heads-up." You know, I was, uh, at one point a Belieber in my life.

... reaction like in Toronto?

Non-contact is not what you wanna see.

Yeah.

It definitely painted the tone for the night.

Like, okay, we're losing our goalie a minute and a half in, and we're gonna get zero goals on Logan Thompson, and, um, we're gonna see if Ovi, we're gonna have the conversations if Ovi's gonna be playing his last game in Toronto.

So I mean, that's kind of, that's-

Yeah.

And then they've got the Blue Jays that make a surprise appearance.

They must be pumped when the camera guys got, "Oh yeah, we got Max Scherzer." They're like, "Thank God.

optimistic maybe uh excited and and being in a spot of being an underdog as opposed to the canadian men where it's like okay you win and you just feel this relief and you survived okay the canadian women it would be a pretty massive upset to see them win for the first time in a over a calendar year against the americans what's your feeling going into today's game

OK, so I'm trying to answer this from like someone that is just not a fan and a friend, because I think it's easy to kind of get roped up into talking to the team and like, you know, having a relationship with a lot of these girls.

I know what they're and I can answer that after in terms of what they're thinking.

But for me, yeah, it's a massive like this is a massive thing.

upset opportunity, which is something you've really never said in terms of the Canadian women.

They have been the favorites.

They've been the top of the podium many, many times.

yeah that'd be good i like winning i like when canada is the best in the world at hockey in both men's and women's uh and that dream's still alive for for the men okay so put on your friend hat like what what is the feeling in in that uh locker room headed into today's game