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But to be in the semi-finals is a heck of a lot better than to be eliminated in group stage. Also weird. The volume just came up on the TV. That's very odd. This happens sometimes. It makes me think there's a ghost in the studio because I've got both TVs muted.

And on one of the TVs I have FS1, which is re-airing Argentina's win over Canada. And it's muted, and it's muted, and it's muted, and then all of a sudden I start talking about it. And instead, I think it's me alone in the studio, but it's a ghost turning up the volume.

Don't you worry, I've muted it again, ghost. Wherever you are, here's the remote. Come get it. Come get it. I've got it.

You're going to have to fight me for it. It's After Hours with Amy Lawrence. I know a lot of people are on different schedules for summertime, some some summertime, and that is okay. But if you are working a regular week following 4th of July, well, it's a home show. It's middle show of the work week.

It's actually my last show of the work week. Even though, so this is kind of convoluted, even though travel plans got changed, actually I was supposed to be leaving on Wednesday night with the hubs to drive to Northern Virginia, so DC area near Dulles Airport for those of you who are familiar. And we were going to start celebrating my brother's milestone birthday. My sister-in-law, my nieces, we all had planned four days of events, no joke.

Four days, big birthday, going to be a lot of fun. Also haven't seen them since the wedding, so it was going to be really exciting, really great to get together for a few days. Except my mom and her husband did not have power as of, say, I don't know, six hours ago still in the Houston area. They actually took their fifth wheel and drove west out of Houston just to get to some cooler parts of Texas. It's relative, I know. But some cooler parts of Texas so they could use the trailer, have the air condition, the fans, keep their food refrigerated and in the freezer, and also keep the dog cool, poor thing.

She's a 12-year-old Aussie, she's hot, poor Gracie. Anyway, so they took off and I think that maybe their power would be back on by Friday, hoping that's the case in the wake of Hurricane Beryl. But they decided that they were going to stay home and not make the trip. So then my sister-in-law cancelled a bunch of things, including what was supposed to be a trip to Charlottesville for the first couple days. Charlottesville, Virginia, which is where UVA is located. We're going to do some historical stuff because we all love that in my family.

And the tour of Monticello was the big centerpiece. Anyway, that got cancelled because my mom's not coming and so all travel plans changed. But the thing is, because we're in the middle of a producer search, the different candidates from in-house who are auditioning, I guess you could call it that. Are you auditioning, Ryan? Are you auditioning for the job?

In a weird way, yes. We're also kind of just filling space. We're kind of eating spots. We never do that just on the radio. We don't fill space on the show.

We drive content that's edgy and energetic and exciting and must listen, especially in the middle of the summer. Anyway, so Ryan and then a couple of other in-house candidates have got a whole schedule set up of when they're going to work on after hours. And when I'm not here, which was late last week and then late this week, the days that I had already planned to take off, apparently there are fill-in producers who are not candidates for the job. That's what I was told. You're not working the rest of this week, correct? Not on this show.

I'm here tomorrow, not on this show, though. Oh, so that's what I mean, right? So the managers went ahead and scheduled some guys who have less experience. So I'm not going to be here, which means they're not worried about putting in an experienced producer because the show is different when I'm not here. Does that make sense? It does. Right. Okay. So that's why you're not working on this show the rest of the week.

If I was here, you probably would be. So you'd get the full week. But anyway, I was going to call in to the manager and say, hey, I'm going to go ahead and host my show on Wednesday night into Thursday morning since we're not leaving now till Friday. But then I thought, oh, I'm not sure I want to work with the newbie who would be sitting in behind the double pane glass. Yeah, I decided I'm just going to go ahead and take the day because it's bad enough to be constantly changing producers over the next six weeks.

It's going to be a bunch of different people, and I'm excited to figure out who's going to follow producer J in that room. But between now and then, the six weeks is going to be a revolving door, which is not fun. It's not fun.

It means the lack of continuity in some ways and just holes. And so I decided I did not want to work with someone who's maybe worked on the show never or one time that I just that feels like a good time to take off sick day. No, I actually already had the day off, so I just decided not to change the schedule.

So I will be out the rest of the week. I'll take two nights actually to be on the same schedule as the hubs, which will be really nice. We're excited about that. We're an old married couple already. It's not even been seven months. And what we look forward to is being on the same schedule a couple days a week.

We look forward to cooking together, taking walks, watching our shows because we don't always have time together during the week. So I'm going to go ahead and take it off. So this is my last show until next Monday night. Wait, so when are you on the show again, Ryan? Aren't you supposed to be doing more stuff later in July?

I have no idea off the top of my head. Nice. I like it. It's such a big priority for Ryan. He has no clue when he's back on the show. I'm being thrown around everywhere because EJ tore his knee. Poor EJ.

And then I have jury duty. Playing kickball, right? Stealing a base too, which is illegal.

Right? I didn't even know you were supposed to do that in kickball. When we were kids on the playground, clearly EJ thought he was still a kid on the playground.

Ouch. EJ is the number one producer of our morning show, morning East Coast time, that follows us here on After Hours. And he was participating in a charity kickball event with some other employees.

And in fact, the entire show unit there, Maggie and Perloff. And within, I don't know, a couple of minutes of starting, he tore up his knee real good and is out for who knows how long. So yes, they're really thin staffed behind the glass, which means that Ryan is probably working 30 days in a row in the month of July into August. What I was filling in when I was a utility infielder, if you will, that was what would happen in the summertime. You could work easily an entire month without a day off. So I hope you get a day off sometime soon. I took my birthday. I took my birthday off.

Nice. Birthday's coming up. A milestone birthday for Ryan as well. Jordan year. I like that.

The Jordan year. It's After Hours with Amy Lawrence. Thanks so much for hanging out with us here on the hump show. Now, typically on the hump show, if you have listened for any length of time, you know what normally happens. We have your chance to ask Amy anything, but there's just a lot. Like I said, it's because of all the changing producers and producer candidates over the next few weeks.

I've decided to table it. Maybe absence will make the heart grow fonder. I mean, I'll be here, but asking me anything will not be part of the show just because we need to find some.

We need to find some consistency in other areas, and then we'll bring that back maybe once we get into August and closer to the start of football season. But for now, I don't know how you'll survive without it, but I hope that you will try. You can still find me on Twix at ALOL radio. And for those of you who either you listen to me for a short period of time or a long period of time, it doesn't matter. You know that I love Klay Thompson. I'm a big fan. We have a mutual admiration society, and the proof is on Twix posted it just a few hours ago because I had to pledge my support for him in Dallas. Even though I will miss him as a warrior, I will continue to root for him as a maverick since he is a fan of the show. I do have proof that he is a fan of the show.

The clip is up on Twix. I haven't had a chance to put it up on Facebook yet. I will at some point. Please show some grace navigating quite a lot this week. And as I say, the next few weeks are going to be a little more challenging with extra responsibilities, things that I can't ask fill-in producers or producer candidates to do, not just yet, not till we find someone new just in time for football season. Ryan, would you be prepared for that if we jumped into football season?

Let's just say you were the top choice and we jumped into football season. Are you ready for Sunday nights on After Hours? Because they are intense.

I hope they're intense. Good football then. Good content. Oh man, never a dull moment. In fact, we have a hard time getting to everything on football Sunday nights. But that's one of our signature shows during the year.

People know us for our football Sunday nights. Want to be sure you're ready. Want to be sure that that and Chubby Bunny, how many marshmallows can you stuff into your cheeks without upchucking? It's part of the show, you know. Is it like a tournament?

It is. It's the Chubby Bunny World Championship. You better check out YouTube because that's how you'll know. On our YouTube channel, you'll see three Chubby Bunny World Championships preserved for the world to watch in video.

So you better check those out. We did not do it this year. Lots of things happening behind the scenes. We did not do it this year. But we will need to bring it back in either late 24, which is kind of hard to do with football, or early 25 because people are missing it.

People ask me about it. I highly recommend watching the one from two years ago when Sean Morash nearly died on the air. It was fantastic. You just have to watch it. That's on our YouTube channel.

And during the summertime, if you feel like you're missing me or these next couple shows, if you feel like you're missing me, YouTube channel is always an option. Our phone number 855-212-4227. That's 855-212-4227. We really got bombarded on our social with your responses to the question of cockiest, most arrogant athletes right now or all time. And actually, this happens a lot of times in the afternoon. Once I wake up, my husband will give me the answer to the show question. And he said, neon Deion Sanders. That was his answer.

And so that he went all time. What is said Deion? I'm trying to remember who he told me right now. Oh, I remember who he said right now, actually.

Though I don't know that she's still relevant. But he said Ronda Rousey. I had no idea that the hubs knew anything about MMA. I know very little by choice. I'm not an MMA or martial arts or UFC fan. I have a hard time watching people make other people bleed.

I just have a hard time with it. And so he came up with both a female and a male. I was proud of him.

We've got a new show question tonight and I think you will like it. Even as we hear from older dudes like Chris Paul, 39 years old, who tells you very clearly why he chose to play for the San Antonio Spurs in his next turn around the sun. Do you know he will have played, once he suits up for San Antonio, he will have played for seven teams in the Western Conference. That's nearly half of the West.

It's pretty impressive. Anyway, he chose to play for a team that had only 22 wins last year. And he tells you why. Demar DeRozan, who will be 35 in August, starting over with the Sacramento Kings. All these All-Stars or former All-Stars changing uniforms in the West. And then Klay Thompson, who himself is getting a fresh start and doing it into his mid-30s.

Does he have another championship in him? So we're talking about some older dudes who are changing teams and starting fresh. Paul George being another one of those guys into his 30s. But if you look a little deeper into the sports headlines this week, and really over the past couple of months, it's easy to find some bright stars under the age of 24. I don't know why I picked 24. I thought 25 and I thought that would open us up for too much.

Maybe I'll let Ryan make the final call. I want people to tell us the brightest stars under the age of... we can go 23. We can go under the age of Michael Jordan. 22 sounds right. 22? Now is that 22 and younger?

Yes. Okay, because 22 you're talking about athletes who are just out of college even. Like Kaitlyn Clark for instance. Isn't she 22? I think she is.

So there's no way that we could eclipse her. Okay, so 23. I was going to say, what if Angel Reese is 23? I'm not sure what age. I feel a little more comfortable going under the age of 24.

I know I said you could make the choice, but I just changed my mind. Ryan wants athletes who are his age or younger. Yeah, it makes me feel... Not so old?

Yeah. Stop it. You're 22.

I don't want to hear it. Best producer candidates under the age of 22. That would be Ryan. That's it. You're the only one I think that we have working here who's 22 or younger, right?

I don't think there's anybody else. Yes. Yeah, so younger. What about to celebrate a birthday? It's so over. It's so over meaning birthdays are not cool anymore?

No, I'm old. Oh my god. I need to follow for AARP.

It's AARP and I'm going to throw something at the double pane glass, so you better duck and run for cover. Right. Just for that, Ryan's not going to be selected to work on the show ever again. It's over, he said. He's not even 23 and it's over.

You're a mess. Okay, so what I want to know from you, who are the best athletes on the planet under the age of 24? Don't go under the age of 24. So you've got some great options in baseball, in basketball. How about in soccer?

We were just talking last night about a teenager named Cooper Flagg. Not even played a game in his college career yet, but he's mixing it up with Team USA at the training camp as they get set for the Olympics. What about on the Euro stage? Get to know the name Lamin Yemal. And what a goal that was.

Lamin Yemal, you're looking at the youngest ever scorer at the Euros. It has happened. It has happened. I like that.

It's a relatively short clip, but all you need to know is there. First of all, can you hear the people behind that call on Fox? That game taking place in Munich. So even as we have Copa America, the semi-finals on US soil happening on Tuesday night, Spain and France were doing battle in the 2020, well 2024.

Back and forth, 2024, 2024. They were playing in the Euro championship semi-finals. So you've got Copa America and you've got the Euro championship. And this was Spain against France. And Yemal, 16 years old, is the youngest player ever to score at a men's Euro championship.

Wowzers. So I think he deserves to be on the list of best athletes, best and brightest. We'll go best and brightest under the age of 24.

Again, you've got plenty to choose from. Think about Major League Baseball and the number of young guys who are making a huge impact even now. Rookies, in case of the Yankees, Ben Rice might be really one of the only highlights for them. But how about the latest rookie for the Reds? We'll get to all of this.

It's good stuff. It's kind of fun to think about the up and comers. Certainly we've got a bunch of rookie quarterbacks and other impact players who we'll soon see on the training camp stage in the NFL.

Because we're days away from training camps getting underway. You will be able to find that post, the best and brightest athletes under the age of 24. And no, they don't have to be American athletes.

They can be international if you like. I just mentioned Lameen Jamal. I like his name too. It's fun to say.

Lameen Jamal. At 16 years old. What were we doing at 16 years old? Actually, that was when I decided I wanted to be a sports talk host and a play-by-play announcer at 16. So I suppose you could say in some ways that a star was born. I can't even say that with a straight face.

No, you can't say that. On our show Twix at Amy After Hours on our Facebook page too. I look forward to hearing from you. It is the Hump Show, middle show of the work week. It's After Hours with Amy Lawrence. You are listening to the After Hours Podcast.

This is After Hours with Amy Lawrence. We're going to run the base paths. Why not? We probably can make it all the way around us old dudes, dudes and dudettes. We are not under the age of 24. Many of us. I'm not under the age of 24.

Thank goodness. I wouldn't go back to my 20s if someone paid me all the money in the world. I already lived through a lot of crap. I already lived through the worst of the worst in my career. And as a female in sports radio, let me just tell you, it was rough for a while.

So I've already done that. I have zero desire to go back. Not to mention I waited a long time to get married. A long, long time to get married. And I am happy right where I am now. And I think that's part of the beauty of getting older. Is that you get more comfortable in your own skin.

And less concerned with what other people think and say. And in many cases, more skilled at your career. If you stick with it. So a lot of years, a lot of years. 25 years of my career now.

The majority of them. This is kind of crazy. Because I look back and it felt like it took forever to break into network radio. But as I look back now, I'm just about to hit 20 years in network radio. 8 or so from my previous network and into year 12 here at what is now called the Infinity Sports Network.

The network previously known as CBS Sports Radio. Anyway, yeah it's a lot of years and I know age and father time are undefeated. But I'm okay with that.

I don't need to be in my 20's. It is a lot of fun though to see some of the best and brightest younger athletes. The ones who dazzle us. So we just heard that first goal on the Euro stage for Lamin Yamal at 16. And the smile that he flashes. The joy that he has when he scores for Spain.

And what turned out to be a semi-final win at the Euro championship for Spain over France. Really cool moment. We talked about Cooper Flag.

Many people getting to know the name Cooper Flag for the first time this week. As the 17 year old who is headed to Duke. Hasn't even played a college game yet. Was fearless in his debut at USA training camp. And he's part of the select team. Every year they bring in young players who can run full court with Team USA. And give them a bit of a test. At the very least you're scrimmaging against guys who are not on the same team. So they don't know your plays or your defenses.

So to see Cooper Flag just go hard and be unintimidated by... He called him his idols. His idols on Team USA. Well that's impressive. At 17 years old, the Moxie. How about Kaitlyn Clark?

She is certainly one of the most recognizable names and faces on the planet right now. If you haven't seen the latest numbers for the Fever game against the Liberty as it happened. This was the one in which she had the triple-double. First ever by a rookie in WNBA history.

The numbers, they're huge. This game was on CBS on Sunday. Saturday.

Saturday. And it peaked. And this was a rally. Down by 11 points in the fourth quarter. The Fever came back to stun the Liberty. And the viewership peaked at 2.65 million people.

On a Saturday afternoon of a holiday weekend. That's a big deal. And so when you compare the ratings for Kaitlyn and the Fever. And it seems like every game that's on national TV. They have more and more followers. More and more viewers. More and more people who are tuning in.

It's become a rite of passage now. Setting new records. If you compare the Fever games to the ones that don't include Kaitlyn Clark and the Fever. So the broadcasts that are other matchups. Games on ION or Amazon Prime.

That type of thing. They don't even draw a million viewers in many cases. Sometimes they might get close to a million. But for the most part the averages for a lot of the other broadcasts that don't feature the Fever. They've got 2 million fewer viewers. And that's a palpable difference. And what they call the Kaitlyn Clark effect. So yeah right now at 22 years old.

Kaitlyn Clark is one of the brightest athletes in the world under the age of 24. So love to hear from you. The post is now up on Twix. At Amy After Hours. I just retweeted. We got a good response to our question last night.

And so I'm looking forward to getting more of your responses tonight as you're in and out. Maybe on an atypical schedule. Naming just a few of those best and brightest athletes under the age of 24.

I know you have many more that you can offer up. And I don't care what sport. Certainly think that we could have some of the rookie quarterbacks. Even rookie receivers. Pass rushers. We'll see which guys break out even in their first few games of the NFL season that's upcoming. Because it's coming.

That's always a lot of fun. But for now you got to go with the sample size that we've got. Until we get to the NFL season. Baseball's got a bunch. Even got some guys who will be part of the All-Star team. And so I'd love to hear from you. The best and brightest athletes under the age of 24 right now.

The ones that will draw you to a TV or radio. One of them could end up starting the All-Star game for the National League. See I feel like if I name them all I'll steal some of your thunder.

So I don't want to do that. Who are we missing? I'm sure there are many. Alright so we'll start to run the base paths. Major League Baseball. Phillies and Dodgers two of the best in the National League. I was going to say they were squaring off last night. Or I'm sorry squaring off on Tuesday night.

But I'm not sure that's really even accurate. Zach Wheeler he was terrific. And Bobby Miller was not. So the two best or two of the best in the National League.

It was really no contest. But you'll hear some of the highlights. Also for the Cincinnati Reds.

Lot of attention on Ellie De La Cruz. But one dynamic debut on Tuesday as well. And then at some point.

Actually we can do it during the update. The Facebook page that I now run. I was able to get back into it. This has been a three year saga. Somehow now I'm locked out of Jays.

Oh I wonder if he did it on purpose. And I've just magically been granted access to my own Facebook page again. I don't know why the code never showed up on my phone.

Never showed up. But I'm in. I'm in like Flynn baby.

And so we'll put that up on our Facebook page. It's just that I'm the only one that can access it. So I have to log in for Ryan.

And then remind him. You must log out. Isn't that. Well I guess if you were evil. It's not the worst when people leave their social media open on one of the work computers. It happens a lot. And here's all I do. I just follow myself. And then I log out. I don't hack them with nasty messages or inappropriate photos.

I could if you leave your social media open. There's all kinds of evil ways to remind you you should never do that again. But no I just follow myself. Maybe some other accounts too that are kind of off the beaten path. And then I log out. Got to be careful around here.

People are conniving. Best and brightest athletes under the age of 24. We're glad to have you with us. Thank you for checking out the Blue Angels photos. Oh and me.

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This is after hours with Amy Lawrence. The Cincinnati Reds certainly have some bright young stars where as we ask you best and brightest under the age of 24, I'm kind of feeling like Elie De La Cruz needs to be on that list. We talked about him last night. He's 22. And actually, he and Kaitlin Clark were born within a couple days of each other.

What about that? So best and brightest under the age of 24, would it include the base stealing wonder for the Cincinnati Reds? And could it also include the right fielder who's 23, Reese Hines.

You hear the call there on Reds radio. What a debut. Well, yeah, it doesn't seem like the stakes are higher too for athletes who are breaking in, whether they're teenagers and they're prepared to take on some of the all stars of the WNBA or whether they're pitchers or position players in their early 20s who are already making all star list. Younger athletes, especially those who are identified as wonderkins or talents early on, they're kind of groomed and prepared. If they show that talent, there's all kinds of travel clubs and special academies that they can go to.

And then you think about some of the international athletes and they start even younger in many cases than what American athletes do. So rookie Reese Hines, he sparks the Reds to a route of the Rockies. And with his home run on Tuesday. He's got two in his first two nights as a major leaguer. I don't know, Reds fans, what do you think? Actually, both of them went over 420 feet.

So he shows some some rocket power. I feel like I have to stop naming some of these athletes, though, because I don't want to take all of the best options, take all the best candidates for the question that we've got out there tonight. This can go into college, of course. Or how about the Olympics? How often do we see teenagers or amateur athletes who are in their early 20s who are the best and brightest once they get on that Olympic stage? And so the Paris showcase will be an opportunity for us to identify even more of these young athletes. And I know it's the plight of some of these sports when they're only in the spotlight every four years or every two years, depending on if there are world championships, that kind of stuff.

But yeah, we always get to identify young athletes that are dazzling and electric during the Olympics. It's after hours with Amy Lawrence. You can find us on Twix at Amy After Hours and the spot where you can answer the question that's there as well. Is it up on Facebook? Ryan, just put it up on Facebook. So that's good. Already getting a couple of answers.

This one from Jay. He says Jackson Merrill, 21 year old from the San Diego Padres who's already an All-Star. Yeah, baseball offers us some great options to answer this question. On top of the hour, we're going to get to some of the old dudes, like, you know, Lionel Messi, who's still killing it. Not just for MLS, although I think he's far more dangerous when he puts that Argentina uniform on.

Got to see him score at MetLife Stadium. How great would it have been if it was Team USA against Argentina? Nah, that'd be too much to ask of the U.S. men's national team.

We'll get them in the World Cup. Ryan just did kind of a half-hearted, yeah, let's go team. It's a bummer is what it is. 855-212-4227 and then on Twix and Facebook. Good to hear from you. Let's talk to Dan, who's in Maryland. Dan, welcome to the show. Hey, Amy, first time caller. Love your show, by the way.

Awesome, thank you. I was just calling. Baltimore has a young phenom in Gunnar Henderson that is, in my opinion, just tearing the league up.

As an Orioles fan in Maryland, I probably shouldn't say this, but my favorite player of all time is Derek Jeter. Nice. I'm not willing to go that far yet, but I definitely see sides of it. I'll make another very long story short. We had a guy on a local channel down here a couple days ago that was saying that Gunnar Henderson was kind of doing too much.

And it kind of blew my mind. He tried to leg a – he was on first and tried to do a first to home and kind of tripped. And my thing was we've had so many years of losing that I, at this point, I just am happy. We have guys willing to maybe try to make a play.

It's kind of fun to watch, personally. I agree with that. Thank you for taking my call, Amy. Of course. Glad to keep you company, Dan.

Thanks for listening to our show. Rookie of the Year, just a season ago, Gunnar Henderson also was the Silver Slugger. And, if you remember, he was top 10 in MVP voting in the American League because the Orioles went over 100 wins.

They won the American League East and they're sitting on top of the division again. So, yeah, Gunnar Henderson, definitely one of the best and brightest under the age of 24. In fact, he's barely 23.

Just had a birthday a couple weeks ago. And he really represents the new guard for the Orioles. And to that end, coming up in our final hour, so the 5 a.m. Eastern Time hour, we will welcome Rob Long, our friend from Baltimore.

And I don't know if that's the station to which Dan was referring, but our affiliate in Baltimore, 105.7 The Fan, he's part of the Big Bad Morning show. And he will join us to talk not just about the Orioles, because he does work on the TV side for the Orioles broadcast team. But also, we'll talk a little bit about the Ravens just because they're about to commence with their training camp. So, the Ravens are one of the earliest teams to get back together as a football club. And I just can't believe we're talking days away. It's baseball all-star break next week.

And at the same time, you've got the earliest training camps commencing in the NFL. What? We're going to make a list here. Best and brightest under the age of 24. They can certainly be international.

I am okay with that. Don't have to be American athletes. Just looking for those who dazzle you as long as they're under the age of 24. So Gunnar Henderson, of course. Kaitlyn Clark, she's 22. And as I mentioned, a few days separate her and Elie De La Cruz, who's another shortstop. Wow, two shortstops on the list, which bodes well for Major League Baseball.

So you have to write down their names and ages, because I'll get all the ages messed up. Cooper Flagg, he was making headlines in Vegas. That was exciting. I don't know anyone going to put Bronny James on the list. Ryan just made such a face. Wow.

How about while we're talking tennis? Carlos Alcaraz, who I'm pretty sure is 21, though I will go and I will check just to be accurate. Don't want to miss out on this opportunity to give you information that is fact-checked and foolproof.

Carlos Alcaraz is 21. Boom! Did it. Honestly, Ryan, I kind of feel like I could do this entire question by myself. Do I really need anyone else to answer? Because I could probably answer, make a whole list all by myself. Do you want to go per sport? Because there's probably like best age, like under 24, each number.

Yeah, that's a good question. A good way to phrase it is, you know, best and brightest in each sport. We definitely could name at least one in every sport that is either a player who's already making waves at the pro level or one that you should be watching because he or she are up and coming. Do you have a name you want to throw out there? I'm a big fan of Jack Hughes or Conor Bedard in hockey.

Oh yeah, no doubt. Conor Bedard winning the, I forgot the name of the trophy. Calder.

Calder, thank you. For the best rookie, top rookie for the NHL, for the Chicago, the Chicago Blackhawks. And I think too, what he represents to that franchise is really their chance to find redemption. Remember they won those, was it three Stanley Cups in the span of six years, something like that.

Going back to the heyday of Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane. But not only did the, you know, the Piper come calling, the Piper had to get paid because they'd spent a lot of money and they went all in and of course no one's going to take away those Stanley Cups. But then we find out about what was happening behind the scenes and some of the, some of the poor choices, in some cases even criminal choices about alleged sexual abuse. I mean it's been confirmed inside, sexual harassment, sexual abuse, been confirmed inside the organization. A lot of guys all the way up the chain lost their jobs and it was covered up for years, which is unfortunate. Finally exposed and so the Blackhawks took a hit off the ice as well as they should have. We talked about it here on the show, just despicable some of the ways that a young victim was really left unprotected, number one.

Number two, no one ever stood up for him. So the Blackhawks deserve what they got. But Conor Bedard represents a new chance and a fresh start for them, a little bit like what I would say the commanders are going through now too after some tough history and now they've got a Jayden Daniels who represents maybe a fresh start and a new look for them as well.

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