Bob Pompeiani

That's why I said you can make a case that he's valuable to them.

I don't know about most valuable, but he is very valuable because those numbers, when he's in the line, change dramatically.

And you wouldn't think with a fourth-line center that it would have that big of an impact, but apparently it does statistically, so...

I agree with that.

Wait a minute.

You're in the car, but I hear a phone call.

Oh, okay.

You're multi-texting.

Just be careful out there if you're driving around, Ron.

i got your hands free here bob we're good all right there we go thanks this is a very blue collar show bob this is the hard-working man i can see that they have phone calls every which way all right we got another man who's in the car and now he's gonna be on the fan hey mark good morning guys how are you teamwork makes the dream work i'm with eric i was excited today we got eric carlson and uh

But let me stop you there, Mark.

Over the first two years when he was here, did you have the same feeling as you did when they brought him in here after the trade?

Because you say he's a plus player by far this year, but in the past he hasn't been, and he's been on the ice for a lot of goals against.

That's completely changed this year.

All right, Mark.

There we go.

We appreciate that.

A regular listener.

Yeah, it is a good time.

Who would have thought that we'd be talking about all of this together now with the Pirates, and realize the Pirates are 3-3, and we'll get into their talk coming up here, but