Yeah.

And that's probably where he is.

Uh, he's not gonna be a top five, top 10 goalie for the long haul like a Vasilevskiy or a Sorokin, but he'll give this team a chance to win.

And I think just his calming presence on the ice, his presence in the locker room really made it hard for the front office.

They kinda got backed into a corner where they're like, "Yeah, we gotta, gotta keep this guy happy.

He's been a big part of it." So- Five years, it's a long time, but five and a half million is not too long

Okay.

Arbitration, arbitration is really ugly.

Tell us about your study.

Yeah, happy.

Well, thank you, Dr. Lin, for that great introduction and background of the study.

So, yeah, that was really the fundamental question is how successful are our patients at all these modalities and when should we look towards surgery and on? So we looked, this is a retrospective study.

We looked back all the way back to 2009, actually, up through 2023.

You know, through all the patients who presented to our shoulder surgeons at UPMC with calcific tendonitis, they needed a radiographic, you know, confirmation of calcific tendonitis.

I think some patients come in and you just have this gestalt of calcific tendonitis.

Did you guys find that there were any characteristics about the size of the calcium that might predict who would or would not succeed with non-operative versus operative

Mm-hmm.

Um, so I, I mean, game four showed how, that the Hurricanes still have a chance.

Like, they were down 4-0, three goals, 39 seconds, made the goalie change going into the third period.

Uh, Bryndamore hasn't confirmed a goalie for game four, but Bussey practiced, Anderson didn't.

I have to imagine they'd go to Bussey in game four, and if they lose there, maybe go back to Freddie.

But I, I, I don't know if I can recommend a bet on the Hurricanes.

Like, plus 150 i- and, uh, for the series, I don't know if I can do that, but for the game, about a pick 'em minus 115, I, I think that's the way I would go, uh, in game four.

Mm-hmm.

How about-

He might be one of those- Because he's a guy who can, he's a guy who can explode, you know?

Yeah.

And like you said, top line center, and like, you know, I mean, did he have that game winner in game two?

Um, who did?

Yeah, Ja- yeah, Jarvis

That was Jarvis.

Mm-hmm.

I thought, I thought the hurricanes were the hated team and

they're both not liked.

That's for sure.

Yeah.

They're, they're both not like the hurricanes.

I made this point earlier in the playoffs.

They're like a bully in middle school that they're the bully now, but once they get to high school, they're going to get bullied.

So I want to hear who he likes in the end.

I thought, I thought the hurricanes were the hated team and

they're both not liked.

That's for sure.

Yeah.

They're, they're both not like the hurricanes.

I made this point earlier in the playoffs.

They're like a bully in middle school that they're the bully now, but once they get to high school, they're going to get bullied.

So I want to hear who he likes in the end.

Mm

...

the visiting team puts the players out first, the, the home team gets to match up against them.

So that definitely favors the Hurricanes, especially with the Golden Knights having Mark Stone, Mitch Marner, Jack Eichel on, on three different lines.

So I think that helps, and I think, you know, like, like you guys said, not having to go into Vegas and play in Vegas.

Like you, the Hurricanes have, you know, three, four home games there if it goes to seven.

So I think that, that is gonna be big, and home ice has been important for the Knights, so taking that away from him, from them is gonna be important in the Cup Final.

Mm-hmm

Ooh.

Um, the new highest player in the league, Kirill Kaprizov, was, had a amazing start to the year last year, was the Hart Trophy favorite, got hurt, and now you're getting him at 10, 11 to one.

Not sure where, where he is there, but I like Kaprizov there for the Hart.

Um, the Calder Trophy, we gotta fade Demidov.

We, we have to.

We got, we gotta fade the Canadiens.

I, I'm going, I'm going with Jimmy Snuggerud at, uh, 16, 20 to one out there.

They can say whatever, and it becomes the truth, 'cause who's gonna counter it? That's what makes blogs so important, Dan.