All right, Smyranoff. Official vodka of the NFL, the world's number one vodka, here's the deal.

Game day is everything. The noise, the rituals, the passion, the dip, the dip, the dip again.

Smyrnav belongs in that mix because if you're tailgating or hosting or just sitting there checking

your fantasy lineup every 30 seconds, you need Smyrnaf.

Otherwise, it's not a real game day. They've been doing this since 1864, which is, I don't

even want to do the math. A long time. They're award winning. They make cocktails super easy,

and they're all about bringing fans together. So yeah, we do game days. That's their thing.

And if you're over 21,

you should too. Grab a bottle of Smyranoff at your local retailer and head to smirnoff.com to find

recipes of delicious cocktails perfect for game date. Please drink responsibly. Smeernav, number 21 vodka.

Distilled from grain, 40% alcohol by volume. The Smeernav company, New York, New York. Please do not share with anyone under legal drinking age. Now is a good time to remember where tequila's story truly began. In 1795, Cuervo invented tequila. Quervo. What are you doing here? Quervo. Anytime someone says Cuervo, I show up. Well, I do know that to be true, but even during an ad reads, like... Quervo. I think you could lay out, especially for one of our great partners. Sweet, delicious quervo. Since then, Quervo is stayed true to its roots. The same family, the same land, the same passion. Quervo. So, enjoy the tequila that started it all. Cuerva. Quervo.

The tequila. That invented tequila. Broximo.com, please drink responsibly. Quervo. The first week, a preseason has started in the NHL and the Florida Panthers have devastating news thrust upon them. We talk about it here. This is the hockey show.

With David Draker to Hockey News, Ethan across the Glass and Rosie on vacation, or actually she's in Guatemala right now, going to a loved one's wedding.

Congratulations to whoever that person is.

My name is Roy Bellamy.

This is The Hockey Show, and we got some bad news for Panthers fans out there.

Good news for everyone else.

Good news for all the rest of the 31 teams in this league.

Alexander Barkov is getting surgery on his right knee, the injury that is sustained yesterday

in practice, basically the first drill of practice. He went down in a non-contact injury

and could not get back up. He had to be helped off the ice by two members of the

Panthers staff could not put weight under his leg. It was a bad situation and has gotten

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