This is the Jeff Merrick Show on the Sports Net Radio Network.

Okay, first of all, thanks to everyone who either

deemed or tweeted or texted stipulate pencil for me

should really have that with my shaving kit bad and sloppy of me not to

thank you uh... in meantime, back to hockey.

And we have 10 games on the go around the NHL this evening and there's some good ones.

On our network, you can see the Flyers and the Tampa Bay Lightning, no headman. Sports at

East Ontario and Pacific on Sports Net West a little bit later on, 8 o'clock

eastern the flames, face off against the Minnesota Wild and also at 9 o'clock eastern on Sports Net 1.

You can see the San Jose sharks fresh off the wind last night against the Winnipeg jets

face off against the Colorado Avalanche, a team that has, despite the fact that I have about zero concern about them, hit a little bit of a speed wobble, or maybe you can say some turbulence right now,

the face off against the Colorado Avalanche. It is the jet, it is the sharks and the abs this evening.

Peter Ba covers the abs with the athletic and has done so for quite some time and even wrote a book about it.

Peter Ba joins me now.

Peter how are you today, pal? I am wow how are you Jeff?

I'm okay other than I cut myself shaving under my nose today right before the program.

Oh no.

I'm doing my best not to open up.

I got the, I'm telling you everyone at the beginning of the show.

I went through about three or four flags of Japan right away trying to try to block it with the Kleenex but so far we're holding we're doing okay Peter so we'll we'll soldier through as Elliot mentioned it's a hockey show so I don't think

anyone's gonna be clutching the pearls about seeing a little bit of blood and that's

where we're at. Is anybody clutching the pearls and worrying about the color, what's that?

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