Kelly Hrudey

... for the better, to be perfectly honest with you.

And just to bring it back into the, the Calgary thing for a second, like, we're talking about all these different things and all these changes, and with Sportsnet, one of the changes is Kelly Hrudey's gone.

And, like, he has been-

Mm-hmm

Coached the great one.

Kelly Hrudey had the blue Chavon hanging out of his-

[laughs] Oh, yes.

The best

Look at Kelly Hrudey.

Look at him.

Look at the blue Chavon hanging out.

Colby Armstrong, stuff like that.

But as well as some sad, I mean, obviously a huge friend of the show, um, Kelly Hrudey, we're gonna miss him dearly.

Yep.

I, I thought about him often in my heart, but I also thought about him when, uh, and we wanna pay a little tribute to him.

Uh, so we'll do that today with our good friend Pat Steinberg.

Kelly Hrudey, uh, another really great dude, he's gonna join us here today.

We'll talk about the Flames and, of course, the rest of the league.

It's the one thing that came up, uh, with the, I, I don't know how many observations and questions, but, you know, I think it's interesting when we talk as Calgarians, especially it pertains to my show, this show, and the show I've always done, which is, yeah, we understand what the Flames mean to this city.

Uh, you are listening to Raw Mike Richards right here on QR770, QR Calgary.

Uh, and remember, you can also watch the show on YouTube and Spotify when this, uh, thing wraps up.

Once again, we'll talk to Pat Steinberg and, uh, we're gonna talk to Kelly Hrudey as well.

You know, in looking at, you know, I just mentioned, uh, the CFL, uh, the return game up in Edmonton is, uh, is always tough, and this one will be, like, really tough.

He, of course, was your first Kings coach and the first to lead the Kings with Wayne Gretzky to the Stanley Cup Final.

He also helped Kings goalie Kelly Hrudey to seek mental health counseling, uh, for his mental health issues, and to this day, Hrudey has thanked him for doing that.

Even though I did not see Melrose coach with the Kings, because I became a fan in 2008, I always remember him as an ESPN broadcaster that showed our great game to fans in the US.

His charisma, laughter, and knowledge made us Americans into fans.

I, you know, I suspect most people wanted to see that.

And then Colby Armstrong is the, the new addition, uh, replacing Kelly Hrudey.

Uh, and I, I think there are no women, uh, on the panel.

Maybe that'll be announced later.

Mm-hmm

... with Colby Armstrong replacing Kelly Hrudey and, uh, Jennifer Botterill.

Did, could you see this coming?

coming?Yeah, he's really good at it.