9 Burst results for "Brand Clark"
The Lowe Post
"brand clark" Discussed on The Lowe Post
"Just making the playoffs and being happy to do that to then like, you're a two or a three seat at some point. And at the time, that was the question where he was still just, you know, essentially saying, we're going to focus on this first part, which I understand saying that. But now, I don't think you've technically clinched, but you've got a winning record. And looking at the rest of the way that the west is panned out, you're obviously going to make it in your obviously going to make it with home court. So it's going to be interesting, but I felt like his response to me when I asked about it was we had a conversation about that moment where the Timberwolves celebrated when they won the plan. And he essentially said, people made fun of that. And I imagine people are going to have fun and make fun of our situation with the way people are going to celebrate when we have that experience, but this fan base, like maybe you can't understand it, if you haven't been through it. So I'm going to be very, very interested to see how they handle it because it sounded like to me when I talked to Mike and I talked to Mani. At the time. And again, this was early mid February. Mike was very, very much like, yo, I'm here to win a championship. He didn't say the president. Mike Brown. But he was like, I didn't come here to make the playoffs. I came to win a championship. And at the time, and again, a while ago, a month ago, a month and a half ago. My name mcnair was basically saying, it's going to be a massive deal for us to make the playoffs. And we're not going to shy away from we're not going to be ashamed of the fact that it's going to be like an emotional thing for us to make the playoffs. So they now, I think, because there's so much distance between them and everybody else. It probably helps them to have done that to have kind of rounded third base and now they know that they're in and that it's not going to be like a last week of the season sort of thing because now you're the hunted at this point and they do you're absolutely right. They have an offense that it's not fun to play against and I watched the Knicks fans on my timeline the ones that I follow from having covered them for years just to kind of get the fan base's reactions. They were like, what the hell is this offense? Why can't we get stops? But this has been everybody all year not being able to contain the handoff situation, not being able to stop sabonis one on one when he gets all the spacing like a mansion's worth of spacing. Not being able to control the temple at which they play and how they're going to go off of makes and everything else, Kevin herder flying around Keegan Murray flying around. It's difficult. And it probably takes something out of you a little bit. Offensively sometimes to have to try to play it that sort of pace. You can play it for two quarters. Can you do it for three or four? So I was at the game in Brooklyn last Thursday where they won their 42nd game. And clenched a winning season for the first time. This is a real thing since 2006. And they've gotten so far ahead that what should have been a big moment for them. Some of the players didn't even realize what had happened after the game. And didn't care. On Monte mcnair, I just as an aside, this is a I'm impressed with Monte mcnair's discipline because he went to Princeton and if this happened to my little school and we were in the sweet 16, I would be off the reservation. I would have abandoned my team. And you would see video of me in the streets of wherever Princeton is playing. Behaving very badly and being like, I'm the GM of the king. Yeah, baby. Like I would be out. So good for my hair. Good for him. Because also last year, man, and I talked to us he's a ticket holders about this. Fans were obviously not happy about that Halliburton sabonis trade. Wait until it wait till you read the lead of my story tomorrow about that. I can't wait. I can't wait. I mean, but I'm really and I've said this repeatedly and I think kings fans probably feel like I'm their best friend now. But I'm really happy for those fans. I'm happy for any fan base that has had a really long drought and they get to experience this every fan base deserves to have that. A couple other quick things on the west and then we'll move on. I think so Denver, I don't even think they righted the ship. They bailed out some of the water by beating the pistons who stink in Detroit. The pistons aren't trying to win anymore. If they ever were. And then holding on against the nets in Brooklyn on the second half of a back to back. So that's a good one. They lost to the Knicks in between on the road and what was a pretty competitive game. I said last week, I think what's happened with Denver is more than just a malaise. Their depth is really, really worrisome. Their defense has slipped and I think their grip on favorite status has dissipated into the point where I answered Phoenix to this question. Memphis, all this stuff on the Moran situation and, you know, I'm happy to see he's likely to come back later this week. I don't know what can be accomplished in a week of counseling that changes your life. So dramatically, but you know, I don't know what his specific situation is and we all love to watch John marant play. And I think on the court, he has been an exceptional leader for that team in the way he plays in the way he carries himself, so hopefully he'll come back. I think the morant stuff has totally overshadowed how devastating the branded Clark and Stephen Adams injuries are to everything that Memphis is as a team to their identity to the fundamental way that they win with rim pressure, offensive rebounding, ferocity, tenacity, and I know Steven Adams timetable is uncertain. I think it was like took it right to the end of the regular season, so we'll see. But I went through the numbers last week with Steven Adams on the floor. They have an offensive rebounding rate of 37%. That means they rebound almost 40% of their own misses. Wow. Which is ridiculous. Steven Adams was in the middle of one of the greatest, one of the 5 greatest offensive rebounding seasons in the history of the NBA. He is now in the conversation as one of the half dozen greatest offensive rebounders ever. Period. In Clark off the bench has just been a sensational two way reserve for them. We're going to talk about 6 men. I think he would have been kind of on the fringes of this conversation, Eddie stayed healthy. And the jaren Jackson junior Brandon Clark four 5 combination has been a consistent blowout winner for the grizzlies for three four seasons now.
Game Theory Podcast
"brand clark" Discussed on Game Theory Podcast
"Terrence man. Where did you take him at 13? Did I think I'm 13? So I think I would, yeah, would have taken him at 13. Okay, I would have taken dort 14. You would have taken, I still would have taken claxton. 15. Right. And then you get to reddish, right? And then I get the reddish. Yeah. Actually, no, I would have taken radish at 14 still over door. So then you would have taken the door to 15. Yeah. I would have taken Cody Martin at 16, you would have taken classes like 17. Okay. And now we're back at 18 and I'm up. Yeah. I'm gonna go grant Williams. Great Williams is a favorite of both of ours. Grant Williams is still a great positional defender who can play like that four or 5 role. The thing with grant this year is he's shooting 45% from three. If you will continues, he's a definite playoff player like definitely really useful guy if he's going to keep shooting like that. I don't know if he will, but I'm intrigued enough by the shooting jump that I will go grant Williams here. I think this is. Man. You know what? I'm actually gonna contradict myself and really the two players I think about here are probably our brand Clark and naz Reid. And. Man. I think just for the shooting, I probably go Nas, like I know I know Clark shot the ball really well. His rookie year has been not only hasn't shot as well, but has also been a pretty reluctant shooter, which is a pretty big deal for my evaluation. So I think that I would go yeah, I think I would go not as read here at 19. Do you hate that? I do, but like I also like Nazareth. I like them, I like them pre draft. I think I had them like as the top 35 guy. Yeah, I am going to go and see her little here. I think he's shown enough in terms of like energy activity. There's enough shooting upside there. The guys that we did not pick, there were highest on my board. Brandon Clark, chuma okiki, Nikhil Alexander walker, who's just been so inefficient in such a gunner like throughout his career so far that I think it's just kind of hard to project that..
All The Kings Men
"brand clark" Discussed on All The Kings Men
"Never even you know. Would you wouldn't even kill penalties right. In the years that he was running the norris trophy have two seconds on the. Pk drew doughty. You'll be logging over two minutes. So i'm sitting there watching the development camp. And every time there's a scrimmage or every time there's a you know a scrimmage drill and somebody's breaking up player getting a stick on a pass or disrupting the offense it. It always seemed to be brandt. Clark i found i found myself getting to the point. Ride shrug and i've assured fifty four. Okay course was him. He's like how good is he at at reading plays from the defensive zone as compared to the offensive zone. Yeah i mean that's the part where we talk about. It reads and sense and and his his thinking the game you think that very quickly and that helps them in both zones. Obviously he has worked to do with the You know defensive positioning gaps Some of the angles that he takes into corner some some of the fine work defensively but his instincts. I think defensively are very good You worry about an offensive player that he's not willing to compete defensively and i think he. He competes very well. He's willing to uses body he wants to defend. He wants to break up. Plays with his stick so Those aspects for for him You know obviously has worked to do defensively as all young players do but i think instincts are very good. We love to ask defensemen I love to ask them. If they'd rather score the game winning goal or or block potentially game tying goal on the other side and brand he in his own. Sorta fashion said. He didn't matter as long as it whatever he did. Help the team win. An how much of his personality factored into how much you guys liked him as a as a pick. Yeah i mean. He's she's genuinely excited. He's genuinely Positive upbeat person. And we did Oh i don't know how many interviews we hide with him but you know one of the interviews sets. We actually went over video of him from the season both positive and negative and had him walk us through what he saw during not play or what he was trying to do. And i think some of the maturity in his answers was was one of the things we like to and he was accountable. The instances that that he wasn't successful didn't make a good play and and was very good that way thought so You know. His personality is Some people may not like it. Some people do whatever it is. But i i think he wants to be a player. I think he's genuinely excited about being a player. You has put the work in. And we'll put the work into to get better. So those are the things that kind of excite us about him and his personality. I've noticed that there were genuine popping up a lot in this conversation. And certainly nobody could fake brand clark or or his or his passion so when it comes time to take a claire. How much internal debate is there. You know how much arm twisting. How much convincing has to go on for for one scout to win the room for for one.
All the Kings Men | LA Kings
"brand clark" Discussed on All the Kings Men | LA Kings
"So obviously right off the top of the sixteen year old he's gonna kinda spark interest He had a slower first half and a six year old year and he had a very good second half sixteen year old year. And i can next remember watching a game with Rob blake us into watch. Somebody else's at all your. Here's a kid a a pretty good player and you know for next year's draft and You know so. We were aware of him as a sixteen year. Old of the top player coming into the oh l. and Have kind of enjoy watching human that year which we could have seen a more live Last year there's always a lot of speculation in any draft year. What players will be available when your team gets to pick you know. Who will they take. What's their internal ranking system. Not gonna ask reveal all of that. But from the king's perspective did brand. Clark fall to number eight you know. Were you excited. That he was still available when it was time for the kings to make their pick. Well definitely excited about getting him and You know evening out our prospect pool a little bit with the defenseman We're not picking for position. Obviously but the fact that it was in the wheelhouse where we were was was a good fit for us as well and we like player. We obviously liked them to go over our list. Obviously we're not gonna do that but You know i. It was the type of year where it wasn't surprising. Crew went in that in that first group of eight or ten. I think different people publications central scouting. Whatever had different rankings of all the players kind of after Maybe power so And i think power solidified himself at the world championships as as the the first pick in the draft but After that i think teams were vastly different. And who had what player. where so. We're happy to get him at eight and Guess are now it's our development Crew and and and our coaches that are going to get to mould him going forward. Wanna talk about that defensive. Stick that you mentioned There's a tweet a week or so ago. Bringing up eric. Carlson numbers from two thousand fifteen and they pointed out that his winds over placement is offensive events. Percentile powerplay percents Finishing brazil all of these different aspects of his game were ninety nine or one hundred percent down league but his even strength defensive impact was the was a bottom eleven percent. And you know as a kings fan. I've been hyper aware of the drew. Doughty versus erik carlson debate. And you know. I was pointing out that air carlson..
Sekeres & Price Show
"brand clark" Discussed on Sekeres & Price Show
"The case of driving that your license to be on the road pass your tests and all that the case vaccines just that you sat there and took a couple jobs only touchdown this yesterday. Like you do your thing. But it's going to cost society is going to move forward and getting vaccinated comes with some perks and that's being able to partake in things like sporting events and large gatherings concerts. Let's go to another voice memo andrew nick and perth telling me i'm wrong but the biggest reason that jim benning picked up oliver ackman larssen. Connor garland is not because he's gm for his life this year. It's because at the end of last season that connects beat. Edmonton winnipeg and calgary twice to bump them down the draft order to the night slot. If it connects redrafting in that fifth-overall slot. We have either brand clark or ken johnson in our prospect pool. Yet if the take is was less like either trade fifth overall then the ninth. Yeah yeah yeah. I agree i mean we can oxen years gone by where they end up winning games that nobody wants them to win. But we always say like the players are conditioned to win. Look at the lineup that they ran out there late in the season. That line of wasn't built to win. It's just that they were playing out retain that didn't have anything to play for either. Give june games hidden swept under the rug of the nhl playoff a couple of those..
All The Kings Men
"brand clark" Discussed on All The Kings Men
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WGR 550 Sports Radio
"brand clark" Discussed on WGR 550 Sports Radio
"Yeah, it would be interesting to see who they might go for and where that pick might be. I think a guy like Mason Natasha. She's going to go off the board pretty quickly. But if Say the Buffalo Sabres want just both guys that they draft high to be centers and 200 ft guys that you know you can rely on and they sort of glue align together. And ears and McTavish. You could do a lot worse. I would be very curious to see who slips through the first round to the favor. Second round pick. I would be very interested to see what forwards would be available for them there because I'm pretty convinced that some very very good ones would be available. If we're talking the other first round pick, and it's 1/7 or eighth overall, uh, a guy like Ken Johnson if he's available, you know, you just take to Michigan guys who already have played well together. Think that's not the worst idea, And I really like the potential of Ken Johnson. Like if we're talking about guys like all in power and the potential of their game and how much runway they have I look at Ken Johnson and go. Yeah, but you could make the same argument with him and with a bit of refinement and some time and some development You could have a tremendous sort of skilled offensive winger there that that has tremendous creativity that you don't find very often beyond that. If Dylan Gunter is available in that pic that you add that also in the high end, and it's maybe around nine or 10 ish, we'll see who's available at that pic. I think someone good will slip. But if I don't there is somehow still available. That might be a guy that I would also push forward. There's a few good options for forwards all throughout. I think the first round or two rounds that I think would be pretty easy plug and play guys with some time and development for sure, especially for a team like Buffalo that Is, you know, continuing to sort of build out and fill out their NHL team. You mentioned Luke Hughes in the discussion of of right up there at the top near with the better defenseman with all in power, any other defenseman that stand out in your mind that can compare to those guys or compete for a chance to go higher up in the draft? So I split my rankings into tears rather than really focusing on numbers. You know who's first persons who start and Luke Hughes is in my first here. He's the only defenseman there. I think there's a lot of work that needs to be done with him, But he has the advantage of age. An interesting thing that I've come to realize about Almost all of the defenseman in this year's draft is that they are There's a very wide range of possibilities with where their careers could go. I would say that the safest option for getting a defenseman who can you know eight minutes at the very least, is Simon Edinson. And I think there's a lot of runway to work with people who say that Simon Edmondson's defensive game is not great, I think are not quite seeing the right things that they should be seeing, I think is defensive game. Sometimes he can be a bit of a struggle to watch. But a lot of that comes from when he has the puck on his stick. Where is his defensive game, Especially at the under 18 tournament is that tournament went on got better and better, and you look more comfortable and I'm a huge fan of the defensive game that Simon Edmondson brings at this age, and I think that will carry him forward pretty well, Brand Clark. I think the big concern with him is that he's an offensive defenseman who In my view is kind of strictly at his best in the offensive zone and moving pucks up the ice. I think it's still a work in progress, and the skating is still a work in progress, but the vision and awareness of the ice And the aggressive offense is unlike anyone else in the draft. Um again, I think there are also interesting defenseman that could be available in the second round. I'm of the belief that second round picks are You know, some If you play your cards right, they can be just as valuable as late first into the mid first round. If you just draft guys who just shouldn't be available, and I think there's going to be really good for words and really good defenseman that You could probably snag in the early second round. But right up at the top. Yeah. I'd have a hard time making my first pick overall. One of these defenseman, it would be. It would be a tough one for me to do especially what I've seen with what I've seen of guys like veneers in Ekland, but Have the argument. I have time for the argument of, you know, see what happens with development. But You're talking about the first guy off the board, and that's where you kind of lose me a little bit. It's a bit complicated to me Will scout from the scouting report and joins us right now on the West, her hotline. He also contributes with MMA Keane's hockey. We also spoke with Ryan Wagman this morning from Akin's hockey, You can find that on demanded. W gr 5 50 dot com. Well, we got a few more minutes here with you, but I really need your help. Kind of classifying this draft class because there are a lot of people that see this draft class, comparing it to so many years in the past, and they say, Well, this is one of the worst draft classes. That that has come out in the NHL and sometime and I tend to disagree with that argument. I think that this draft class, especially with this top 10 group is a very good draft class of guys who are probably going to play 506 107 100 games in the NHL and give you really good production similar to like the 2011 draft class where your top three players were. Nugent, Hopkins, Landeskog and Huberdeau and All of them are going to be very good NHL players once their career comes to an end. But the rest of the top 10 are full of contributors that have made an effect with their teams at the NHL level, and I see this draft class kind of playing out the same way. How do you feel about the top of the draft class and the rest of the draft class? Overall is there is this Draft class where it kind of fits that mold or do you agree with some people were saying this is not exactly the strongest draft class that it's been around in years. Well, I kind of get a little bit miffed when I hear people talking about teenagers and you know, in one breath they'll Seo like with with development. This is going to happen. Like with time. This is going to happen or this player can outperform if they do this, and then they also in the same breath say, But this draft sucks. Find that that is just a bit confusing, like you can't have it both ways. If it's a bad draft than say that these players are not great, um to me. I'm not really in the business of projecting NHL draft classes and saying they're bad or good. What I will say about this classes. I don't necessarily see Game changing talent. You know, if you draft in your first overall, he's not going to be Sidney Crosby. He's not going to be economy David. He's not, You know, they're It's also extremely hard to be that immediately in the NHL anymore. The NHL has gotten so much better in the last few years with Depth of talent and the training and the you know the enhanced basically everything across the board. Um, so when I look at this draft class, I see a lot of very interesting case studies. I think that at the top end like you said, it's a good group of top 10 or 12 guys. But a lot of them. Like I said with the defenseman, there's a very wide range of possibilities for their career. Ken Johnson, for example, I think there's a world where he comes out playing like Johnny Gaudreau in the NHL with skill and creativity and highlight real stuff. There's also a world where he gets to the H l and might struggle to get in. Kind of like in Buffalo with Casey. Middle Stat has had a bit of struggles in his career. But you know, eventually you hope that they work through it and you take time and work on it. But It can happen, and I think that there's a lot of players like that. If Simon Edmondson's clock management doesn't really improve a whole lot over the next few years, I question just how effective him an NHL player, he'll be outside of really sort of that defense only kind of like an Adam Larsson kind of player. You know how valuable is that? It depends who you ask, so I think there's a lot of that..
The Beauty Closet
"brand clark" Discussed on The Beauty Closet
"Individuals and in the wider culture. Okay how today is seriously seriously a great one. We're talking to francesco clark. He's the founder of the amazing skin. Care line clark's botanical and a man who actually has one of the most inspiring incredible stories. I've ever heard. He was paralyzed at twenty four years old after a diving accident in a pool and was told he went live and that if he did live he went breathe. Movers eke again on his own but now he's forty three and he does all those things and has regained an incredible amount of mobility his upper body. She you've known francesco. For a while right. Yeah since the beginning of his brand clark's botanical. He's one of those people that you hear about. And you're like he's so inspiring and almost intimidating. And then you meet the person and you just wanna sit there and like discussed all day. Because he's hilarious. He is so funny so handsome the last time i saw him before before co bid we were sitting in past past east. Thank you. yeah. I think i saw you and the times that i've seen him. I mean i remember him coming into my office early on and the being able to see how he changed his own body and what he's been able to do to regain movement is just. I mean it's a miracle except that it's not a miracle it's through. His sort of joyful determination is what i would say about him. The last time. I saw him. We were sitting in having a cocktail and he was eating with a knife and fork. Yeah a person who was told he would never move again and telling jokes and with with jokes for us go. Yeah and he. Yeah i i mean the last time i saw him before. This zoom today was. I mean he just always looked so poised at ease and he's so quietly confident and he looked so good in a suit he's the most in the world but he just the way he dresses. He just like has a nats wearing a beautiful crisp suit and looking comfortable in it. You know not. I think he's amazing and his skin care is amazing. I love his detox. The dual cleanser char- charcoal face. Massgov do the. It's so incredible. Leaves your skin so smooth and silky and it's just a beautiful experience. Yeah he'd i mean. I love all of his products but especially he's changed everything. Since he bought his company back we will get into that in the podcast. But the thing. I just i cannot live without his jasmine cream. He makes incredible like how he has. Some jasmine complex. But they whip it into this thing. It's like a gel cream. The texture so exquisite. And you just feel so good on your skin. I can't even say is kind of a genius with the product. Okay well so we got to him. Absolutely this is a good one. rancho.
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"brand clark" Discussed on WGR 550 Sports Radio
"Like he controlled the game. I've never seen anything like it. Um, when you're talking brand Clark, are we talking like a drew dowdy type defenseman, a guy that can put up points. He's He's, um You know, Offensive, but defensively responsible like we're what kind of defense menu do you see A Brett Clark being? Well, I think your comparison drug OD Craig. I hadn't thought about two dowdy, innit? But I think it's a good comparison. As I think back to how drew plague Junior because he was up on the in the attack and that he really learned Hey, listen, I could be a much more. So when you ask me that about Brad. Yeah, I see that. I definitely see that. I think that that is, uh, you know something that I can envision and I can see with, uh with the player, right? Brandt? Because that's how drew played and that I should say I'm questions on top and players. Yeah, only if you want to have them. Like if a player is willing to learn and get better and round out his game in those areas like Drew Woz. Yeah, I think Brant fits into that. There we go. I'll be using that comparison. Now. Thanks, Sacra. Yeah, my, the most important question for me. That I have, and I've been thinking about this and obviously reading up. You know a lot about you know the defense men in the top part of this draft reading up on the forwards. Um, my first initial thought when I When I talk about top five top seven picks. How many of these picks next year are NH already? I would say none of them. I would say none of them, you know, even look at look at the last to first overall pick. So if you want to go even tow complicated co So, Jack, use Capo cock. Oh, yeah. There They didn't contribute to the team, right? You know, last year Lexie love friend here, you know, his last 50 games 20 games, maybe like he could see but the 1st 25. Oh, they they were not pretty for election. That's right. Here was real growing paints and you know, if you ask me, I would say that what power might be the closest but there's still Ah lot of maturing that needs to happen with always, like just just in terms of just taking that whole body and the way you described him, Craig is exactly how I see Owen and but the other thing you got to be careful with that, in my view is is what situation are you putting those guys it If you do want them play in the NHL do they have support? And are you going to accept the fact that they're gonna grow there in a development bold rather than a contribution boat early on, maybe the first half of the year and if you're comfortable with that, with the support Then all of power is the guy that I think would be ready. I don't think any of those other guys they're ready to come in and go through that What I would call the 40 40 split. The first part of the year is beneficial. This year. Would a player like on power moving into next year? Let's just say hypothetically that Buffalo sabers have the ability to pick on power. Is it like the benefits of going back to college? The benefits of going back to Michigan with those other high end talented players having a chance to compete for a national championship, I think is there's just no rush for these young players, especially a defenseman, where you know if he comes to Buffalo, he's gonna be alongside a 20 year old grass, Miss Darlene 21 year old The tedious Samuelson 21 year old Jochi, How are you? I mean our defenses as young as you're going to possibly get and they're great defense, but there's no need to have an extra You know, 19 year old kid in your lineup. So, uh, I have 100% with you and I'm gonna give you two recent examples Kill my car went fourth overall, and Quinn, who's went seventh overall, and after their freshman years, they were really good players and both through teams want them to leave school. Colorado and bank over both of them said No. I shouldn't say wanted to believe they had the discussion about them leaving right and that the decision came that they were going to stay. There were the whole B Baker Fine. Let's scale one, Quinn finished second. They were ready to step in the NHL or contribute. They had dominated college hockey. They were ready, right? And what did they do? There were 12 in the Calder Trophy board. They're not looking back. That to be is exactly what you just talked about. So that's where on that. That's where my bent is at the lake ice and you just pointed out. Buffalo doesn't have that support group to allow that first part of development, and that's the biggest thing. They just don't have the support group currently right now to make sure that you can cover and have the right people in this in this group of players to help guide these these, you know a player like on power. Right now. We'll think of yourself. Great. So you come into the league. You're confident. You know when you go. Hey, I'm here. Right and you go. Okay, I'm ready. Did you realize there's stages of readiness and then somebody pointed out something to you? You watch it. Oh, right, That's and you need that support Weatherby from the coaching players that you're playing with. Hey, just just leave that part for me. Just take that angle here. Do you know it's subtle things that you're still learning? Right? And if you don't have that around you Well, if those players are still in learning moment, think about yourself. There was three other players like you. They're all learning. You're smart enough. You're gonna learn, but it Z gonna be some bumps along that road. Last night, Craig Button joining us here We were way over break, but this has been fantastic. I want to ask you one more question. Um, just sounds like we're sending our first round pick back to college or junior. Next year. You heard it here. First Ribs made that decision. Um Tell me this. Will there be some kind of repercussion or upset general managers like yourself? Maybe. With the couture off news last night where he steps in. He hasn't played all year, You know, 9.5 tucked away in the old long term IR Game one playoffs difference maker. And he's off and running. Get on the C B A has addressed this problem since since it was created in 2005. No long term injury reserve and how it's used, and teams have learned over time that you know the higher spending teams of higher revenue teams are able to use that in ways that it wasn't intended for. But with respect to a player going on it. There's all kinds of remedial, uh, aspects of it. You know, you can't. It's not like Tampa Bay just says Go on, do the surgery and nobody's they have to be about the doctor's evaluations have to go to an independent panel and the NHL can investigated further from there. What players want to go on have surgery of that extent, League players want to go on? You know nobody's ever recommending that you're going to have that surgery. So the C B A has always had an accommodation for this, and it's also had if you feel the teams or are using it the wrong way. You could go get a cellist thoroughly investigated this They've They're thoroughly 100% satisfied that this is what was necessary. But in the NHL, everybody's looking at what somebody else is doing it usually but Bolding the fact that somebody might have got an advantage that they should have had, and I understand that it's competitive. But after all that and make no mistake about it, But Kuchar off goes through this. The investigation is really, really deep in detail, but I still want to know that again. No, I mean he had the surgery on September 28 2020. And now all of a sudden you're gonna tell me seven a half months. Labor 7.5 months just ready now percent. Why can't any of why couldn't you have come back 10 games left in the season or five games left going to squeeze them in under the cap. He couldn't have. Well, he had the surgery in December. He could have had it in September. We can okay December, right, But if you go back and look at the surgery, and this is this is what the NHL looks like, looked looks at and all their medical doctors they look at. Okay. What's the normal time frame for rehab of this surgery, and I think there's been died..