Ben Merrill

Second thing is, if you do something good at your church, celebrate it.

Ben Merrill's son, Matt Merrill, said, "Whatever your church does right now, right, celebrate that.

It might not be that in five years, but right now, whatever that is, celebrate it.

In five years if that's gonna change because the potluck doesn't work anymore but a revival does, celebrate that in five years.

You know, really a long shot.

I don't expect to see him in the NHL, but, uh, worth mentioning, Ben Merrill.

Mm-hmm.

Uh, forward drafted two years ago.

And when you're a guy like Everett Baldwin and you can skate like the freaking wind, it's kind of it helps even more.

Well, that's one thing I keep hearing from NHL scouts with prep players is do they have one translatable skill that is just elite or that's really good? Like Ben Merrill a couple of years ago, he's 6'5", but he's got great hands and he's got a wicked shot.

So Montreal at the draft table, you know, Billy Ryan is on whatever the Canadians, you know, behind the scenes show is going, hey, look, this kid could be Brian Boyle or this kid could be, you know, really skilled because he's got the things.

And so if Ben Merrill works out, Billy Ryan and the Canadiens look like geniuses.

If he doesn't, they can still say, hey, look, he had all those things.

It was a sixth round pick.

And then, you know, you go and do it at the show at showcases in the summer as well.

Like that's when you kind of get into there, but I would agree with you.