Bob Pompiani

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

The Penguins are the real injection of life here just because it's been not around for three years and all of a sudden looking for the right pieces.

And Kyle Dubas, when he first came in, overpaid some guys.

But, man, he has masterfully gotten out of a lot of those deals and brought people in, added to his draft equity.

He's done a lot of good things.

And the problem, or it's a luxury potentially problem here, is that when you have guys like Mantha and Brezzo playing well and you keep them around, there are other guys in their organization who I think

are waiting for a chance, a good chance.