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let's welcome Tony Garado to the studio. Thanks for being here. Of course, guys. Thank you. It's been a lot of fun the last month and a half since I've been in here. Well, we're very happy to have you here, especially the timing is really good. Hawks are playing very well. And, you know, Connor Bidard was asked about it yesterday after the game like how much better does it feel this year in comparison you've been

along for this entire And, you know, Connor Bred was asked about it yesterday after the game. Like, how much better does it feel this year in comparison?

You've been along for this entire rebuild.

How's it feeling for you?

Well, I'll tell you what.

Every game that we watch and cover gets more exciting.

You know, and then you become more of a believer.

I think there was always hope at

the start of the year. We sat in here and talked about what would a good year be? And you're going,

well, you know what? Can they get to be a playoff contending team? Are there going to be meaningful

games come March and April? And you're thinking, well, maybe if things go right. And I don't know

that things have gone right. They've just played the way that Jeff

Blasheel thought they could. That's the one thing that I will tell. Nobody, Jeff Blashill is not

surprised. I think he was confident coming in on what he saw last year, what he realized over the

summer he could do with this group. He implemented something that he thought would be easy for them to understand.

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