What... is the expectation going into next season? Is it playoffs or failure? Is it, is the expectation that they, again, maybe take a small step back? Like what, what's the vibes going on in, in Penguins land right now?

I think it's the latter of a lot of us are bracing for a bit of a step back simply because we, If you know any of my work, one of my favorite phrases to use when I'm analyzing hockey, especially the Penguins, is there is only one undefeated entity in all sports, and that is father time.

Eventually, it is going to come for some of these players on the Penguins, these living legends, as great as they are, as great as they've been.

But I also think that what we were talking about off mic is the right way to view it, is that when you look at a lot of the national medias, And I don't fault them for this.

You're covering 32 teams for nine to 10 months out of the year.

You're not going to get to dive into the nuance of every single team.

You're not going to know the ins and outs.

If he's playing with Evgeny Malkin, that was a much, much better player than he had most of his minutes with in Columbus, I would say, if not all of them.

I mean, I think some of those that maybe ended with three-on-three, which is also a gimmick, honestly, I think will play differently five-on-five.

Yeah.

I would agree with that as well.

Cause that's the other thing is on a similar note for the penguins this year in three on three overtime, it was like beating your head against the wall because they would play really well.

They just wouldn't finish.

They played well in overtime.

They just couldn't find a goal.

And so this is actually a really good situation for the Flyers here when you look at it that way.