Regressing to the mean since 2015, it's the Hockey PEDEOCast with your host, Dmitri

Filipovich.

Welcome to the HockeyPedioCast. My name is Demri, Philipovich. And joining me today is my pal, Jesse Granger, to talk about the Vegas Golden Knights, but most importantly, Jesse, you must have known as soon as word broke that Mark Stone made an appearance of practice, albeit wearing a non-contact jersey, but still, my parents back to practice after months of not doing so.

I had to throw up the bad signal, get you on, and talk about it because it's a topic

very near, dear to my heart, and I hope it means that we're going to hopefully see Mark

Stone back in NHL action sooner rather than later.

Yeah, for sure.

It's obviously at least a good sign, if nothing more. Talking to Bruce

Cassidy after that practice, he tried to downplay it as much as possible. I don't know if that's

a little bit of gamesmanship, not wanting his moments to know if Stone's coming back or not,

or if he's truly still a ways out., he, when he stepped on the ice,

it was only 69 days after his second back surgery in nine months.

So we're talking an incredibly quick turnaround.

I don't know what the expectations should be,

even if he does play,

but I can say last night they did the uh like fan appreciation night where the

jersey the players give their jerseys off their backs and stone was out on the ice walking

around and uh he's just messing around with the players and like i miss covering mark stone he is so

much fun he brings so much fun to the ice um he's like they showed him him up on the Jumbotron, and obviously the fans haven't seen him

in months, so the whole stadium erupts.

He looks up to the Jumbotron sees that that's why they're cheering because he's on the

screen and he gives a little like fist pump to the crowd.

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