This is the Jeff Merrick Show on the Sportsnet Radio Network.

Okay, so first of all, to begin the show today, let's just begin this way.

Round of applause.

Please, let's begin today's program.

Let's begin the week.

Let's begin this show in advance of game seven tonight for a round of with a round of applause

for the second round of the playoffs for saving the first round, which was, we can all be honest.

We're all friends here, right?

Looking around.

A dud. It was boring. Normally the first round is the round that everybody gets excited for and always gets rewarded. There's a bunch of game sevens. There's crazy stuff. It's wild emotions. All the nerves are close to the skin. It's crazy. You feel like you're exhausted. Like you've just gone through a 12-round prize fights by the end of all of you're like, okay, second round, what do you got for me? I know it's not going to be as good as the first round. This year's first round? Meh. But the second round. Now, we got a game seven tonight.

And there was a chance at all the series in the second round that we're going to go seven game.

But that's okay.

It didn't go seven games.

We got some great games.

We got some great storylines.

That's some great action out of the second round.

And did I mention that on Victoria Day, Canadian holiday, we have an all Canadian game stuff.

So a round of applause for the second round for saving what was a dud first round in the Stanley Cup playoffs.

Thank you second round.

Now, if you're listening slash watching this show, you know that Brock Bess is out tonight for the Vancouver Canucks and it doesn't look

good for the foreseeable future for Brock Besser.

We're going to talk today a little bit about blood clots and the history of blood clots

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