I have a buddy who's a huge Flyers fan and he saw Miskov score the other night against Boston overtime

and he's like, Miskov's gonna be better than Bedard. Poor Bedard, he's just sitting there, you know, playing as great as he can, trying to lift the

Blackhawks back into a stratosphere and he's getting Danielson compared to him.

He's getting Miskov compared to him. You know, here's a guy he's just done nothing wrong.

Everybody's saying, well, he's good, but these other guys, they're just as good or they're better.

And you say my friends are dumb.

Welcome to 32 thoughts of the podcast presented by GMC

Sirmati Friedman Bukoskis, with you back now in our respective homes after a productive

few days down in Southern California.

Elliot, I feel you had to be pried away from Manhattan Beach to finally be put on your flight home.

You're enjoying your time down there so much.

I don't understand how anybody in California gets any work done.

The weather is so good. I would be outside all the time. I just, I would be even less productive than I am now.

It was really something to behold. And even walking around, you just felt you're wondering who you may see down there.

There was someone I walked by on the Saturday morning.

I was convinced, I've seen, I'm going, I'm seeing you in a movie or a TV show couldn't think of his name

Couldn't think of where exactly I saw him, but I'm going I know I've seen you on my TV screen before

We'll get to a lot more with what's going on in the LA Kings and our few days down there.

Also we're going to have an interview with Quinton Byfield a little later on in the episode here today.

But let's start with some fireworks in Montreal on

Saturday night freege. Where do you want to begin here? I mean the opening shift

David Rhinebacher takes that open ice hit he was done for the night

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