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Oh, yeah, here we are.

I got a lot of energy today.

A lot of juice today.

Had a great conversation with the Immortal Joe Leo before the show.

And I'm ready to roll.

Today is the last day before the NBA finals. Good morning, Rick. How are you? I don't know if I like how you just said that. What do you mean? Can we, I mean, can we show a little respect to the NHL today? Just a touch? Can we say this is? We don't have a local team. I know. But we got a lot. I mean, we got torts. You know how I feel about torts. Some former Rangers. I mean, can't we say, hey, we're still a day away from the NBA finals? But we're finally here. NHL finals game one tonight. No. That could be nice. Listen. It's got some flavor for you. You were in Carolina. That's where you, I mean, that's where you became Dave Rothenberg. That's where I made my mark. Yes. I heard all about it at the ALS charity event. Yes. Where you decided to tell people that we were raising money for ALS. That was two years ago I did that. Well, you lucky they brought you back. more appropriate with my words. Yeah. And they're lucky that you brought,

you came back. Last year I was much more appropriate with my words.

Yeah.

And they're lucky that you brought, you came back. And not only did they have you back, they had five minutes about how great you were in Carolina. How is that my fault? I thought you for it. It was great. What did I do to deserve blame for this? No. All I did is. You know what?

I said I was in such a good mood.

Well, thanks a lot.

Now I'm not.

Thanks to you. I want the energy to be because it's game on in the NHL final tonight. That's what I want. And then I got to say NHL final and the finals. I got to have different, different S's or not use my S's. I actually I actually was That's what I was thinking When I was going to say it

I was like, oh, no, we got the NBA finals tomorrow. We got the NHL final tonight. That's right. That's kind of annoying. That's very annoying. Anyway, the Stanley, I watched the Mets game until the ninth. Top of the ninth, fell asleep.

I was like, you know what?

I'll figure it out later on. I'll watch it. I'll whatever. Wake up, middle of the night, go to the bathroom. Like 2.30. I'm like, all right, do I check my phone? But then if they lose, I'm going to be annoyed. So I lie back down. I'm like, no, I'm going to wait until I wake up for the morning to see what actually happened.

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