Rob Blake

And, uh,

You know, I was fortunate to play in that all-star game and Ray Bork was in the all-star game.

He was with Colorado at that time.

And I didn't know Ray real well and that, you know, talk to him a little bit near the end of the game.

He's like, Hey, let's switch jerseys, you know, trade jerseys at the end.

I'm like, Oh, that's great.

I can get Ray Bork's jersey in that.

So sure enough, the all-star game's over, uh, you know, exchange jerseys and we're kind of by ourselves, shakes my hand.

He goes, I'll see you in a month.

I'm like, what are you talking about?

He goes, we're going to get you.

He goes, I, you know, and he knew Pierre Lacroix real well.

Right.

And he had come the year before and Pierre was pretty good at making some of these deals that really helped the, they have at different times in that.

So that, that's when it kind of hit home that, okay, maybe it is going to happen here.

He already knew.

Yeah, and as it worked out a few weeks later, I was on my way to Colorado, and they were poised to.

That was a terrific room to walk.

Yep.

Wow.