Well, let me start all over again.

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Elliot Amlin, I have a very special guest coming up towards the end of the podcast today.

He is Chuck Fletcher, former general manager of the Philadelphia Flyers, Minnesota Wild,

other titles in the NHL that we get to eventually.

More as we get closer to the interview, and I know you have a couple of thoughts about

the interview and Chuck Fletcher, but really generous with his time and I'm really happy

that Chuck's going to be joining us for draft coverage in a week, Elliot.

Looking forward to it, one week tonight, and I think that's where we're going to start.

I think we probably should.

So, one week out from the draft, and what have you said before, this is the time of year

where everybody lies.

Isaiah Thomas, when I was breaking into the business around draft time, everybody lies.

Then he told me the truth, and I didn't believe him.

So we're one week out, and one of the questions is, where does the draft begin?

We know it doesn't begin at one, because Conor Bernard is going to go first to the Chicago

Blackhawks, but depending on who you talk to, as we get closer and closer to the draft,

I would imagine there would be some people with some wild theories, some are legitimate,

and others are just sort of put out there to throw people off the scent.

What does it feel like to you right now, Elliot, seven days out?

So just talking to several people, there seems to be a feeling that, in some order, like

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