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watch-along and our gold medal uh not actual hangover, but hangover. And we're back. So thanks for being with us. Hit that like button. Hit that subscribe button if you're catching up on the podcast later. Thank you. Make sure you follow or subscribe on your favorite podcast app. That's Mario Tirbossi. I'm Jay Zawaski. Chloe Thiel is here running the show. 3.30 going to welcome our friend Steve Peters to the show. He's going to break down what USA did right, what Canada did wrong. Maybe not even that simple. But he'll join us at 3.30. But we're going to start the show with the roster freeze being lifted in the NHL, and we've already seen a pair of moves made.

Moves are happening. A more HL move opened the day. Matt Luff and Julian Gautier swapping teams.

Big one. Yeah, big one. And then there was Sam Gerard and Brett Kulak getting traded.

Kulak going from Pittsburgh to Colorado, Gerard, and a 2028 second round pick going back to the penguin.

So moves are in the hopper. They're happening. And they're starting to hop. So moves are in the hopper.

They're happening.

And they're starting to hop.

So Blackhawks get back on the ice Thursday in game action.

I wouldn't expect anything to happen prior to then,

but knowing that we're only a week and a half away from

the trade deadline, like it's, you kind of come back from the Olympics and you, you come back

down to reality and the NHL is going to hit the ground run in. So it's interesting to see the,

the move between the avalanche and the penguins because Kuwak to me kind of talking about it before

the show feels similar similar terrible a little bit to Connor Murphy as far as you know the type

of defensemen the age the contract um I know Kulax making 2.75 full,

but if the Blackhawks were to retain on Murphy,

which I imagine that they probably would in a deal,

it gets you down close to that same number.

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