The Sheet with Jeff Marek - On the Sheet: Jonny Lazarus on Player's to Watch, Jack Hughes, and his Confidence in Team USA

Episode Date: February 11, 2026

Jonny Lazarus joins Jeff Marek and Greg Wyshynski to discuss Jack Hughes' health status, players to watch out for at the Olympics, his confidence in the United States, and more...Canada vs USA Watch Along with Irfaan Gaffar: https://youtube.com/live/y1r_AYYa7nA?feature=shareLeave a voicemail: https://www.speakpipe.com/TheSheetEmail us: [e-mail] TO OUR SPONSORS!!👍🏼 Fan Duel: https://www.fanduel.com/👍🏼Uber Eats: https://www.ubereats.com/caReach out to [e-mail] to connect with our Sales Team and discuss opportunities to partner with us!If you liked this, check out:🚨 OTT - Coming in Hot Sens | https://www.youtube.com/c/thewallyandmethotshow🚨 TOR - LeafsNation | https://www.youtube.com/@theleafsnation401🚨 EDM - OilersNation | https://www.youtube.com/@Oilersnationdotcom🚨 VAN - CanucksArmy | https://www.youtube.com/@Canucks_Army🚨 CGY - FlamesNation | https://www.youtube.com/@FNBarnBurner🚨 Daily Faceoff Fantasy & Betting | www.youtube.com/@DFOFantasyandBetting____________________________________________________________________________________________Connect with us on ⬇️Link Tree: https://linktr.ee/daily_faceoff💻 Website: https://www.dailyfaceoff.com🐦 Follow on twitter: https://x.com/DailyFaceoff💻 Follow on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dailyfaceoffDaily Faceoff Merch:https://nationgear.ca/collections/daily-faceoffReach out to [e-mail] to connect with our Sales Team and discuss opportunities to partner with us!#TheSheet #JeffMarek #GregWyshynski #JonnyLazarus #JackHughes #QuinnHughes #NJDevils #NHL #HockeyPodcast #KHL #InternationalHockey #MilanGames #MensHockey #OlympicHockey #DailyFaceoff Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Let's get the Johnny Lazarus. He is the host of Morning Cup of Hockey. He joins us now on the sheet. A pleasure to welcome back to the program, our man, Laz. We've been talking a lot about USA. We've been talking about USA. So here's the thing. Before we do Olympics, under the umbrella of give the people what they want,

should the NHL for one of their international events, just do Canada, US, just like 1972, Soviets versus, Canada. That was an eight game series. Just make it, I don't know, a two out of three, a three out of five, a five out of seven. I don't know how you want to do it. But do you think, considering this is what everybody wants anyhow, do you just give it to them? Just give them a other one. My initial thought is no. I think there is a lot of buildup toward the USA versus Canada matchup, right? Like all these tournaments, it's like a part of the journey is finding out if those two will actually play against each other and meet each other. And I think that's what makes it a little bit extra special is the buildup. If you take away the buildup, I wonder if it would be the same. But my initial thought is no. And again, I get why people would want that like a best of three series or like how cool would that be. But I don't know.

I think just the buildup of like that one game and how important that one game is. It's so cool. Like why change it? Yeah. First off, please give Mike Madano his hat back. It's very cruel of you to take it. I don't want to listen, we're going to get to, we're going to do Olympics like up the wazoo with you,

but I want to touch on the thing that happened on the tri-state hockey podcast with Rupp talking about Joe Hughes. I thought that was so fascinating. I know like a lot of Devils fans were cheesed off about it, but basically Rup's like it was probably the player's decision not to play, at least in the last game before the Olympic break, because that's how things work internally. He was giving us the NHL inside,

look, Jack doesn't play in the game, hops on a play into Italy is basically medically cleared, like a day later. Well, they stopped it. They stopped at Lourdes on the way, and he bathed in holy water. Yeah, that's right.

He stopped in the, the Rosalgoole Lazarus pit on the way to, he's all good. He's all good. That's actually a reference with you two that I get. I'm proud of myself. There you go. Johnny, like,

I don't want to judge Jack here. Maybe he feels like the season's lost. I mean, to his credit, he also came back early from the hand injury and tried to play through it. And it didn't go all that well. But like if he feels like the season's lost and he doesn't want to play in the game, that's his call. And the Olympics he's giving priority to in a season in which they're far out. I do kind of have a problem with him not playing in a four-point swing game against the team that you're chasing. But ultimately, it's his call and he's going to probably have to deal with the repercussions from it from a segment of the fan base.

What do you think? Yeah, listen, I think to Ruppert point too, and just going to my own playing experience, again, not in the NHL, but, you know, in juniors in college, when you see someone is playing through some sort of pain, it does fuel you a little bit. And with Jack, like, all credit to him in the world for coming back early with that hand injury. And sometimes there's a fan base who says, like, why is this guy playing hurt? He's just a liability out there. There's no need for this, let him rest up and be 100%. I think Jack is so important to the devil is that you'll take him. at 65% right you'll take him at 50% and that's where I think Ruppers point hit home because the

leadership with Jack has always been somewhat questionable you know everyone talks about his immaturity and that's why I love Jack Hughes because Jack Hughes is who he is and he marches to the beat of his own drum and I think that's something that I have a lot of respect for but if I were a devil's fan I think you do look to Jack to be the guy and you know to Ruppers point again Brad Marshan was ruled out in that game. And then he comes out and plays. And that's the difference between, again, Brad Marchan is much older and has much more experience in this league.

But that's the difference. And I think Rupper just wants Jack to be more of that or have more of that. And if Jack does do that, it goes a long way in the devil's locker room. And it goes a long way with the fan base that, you know, this guy, you'll have to snap his leg off to get him not to play. That was, see, that was the point in that conversation on Tri-State. where I went, ooh, that's, like, that was like really good peek behind the curtain. Yeah.

This is, this is how it works. This is what day to day means. This is, this is player's choice. And then he went, Brad Marchand did this. Yeah. Brad Marchand said there's, there's no way. It's at that point, like that, that's what made to me that, at that moment, that's where that conversation went from a level 10 to a level 12, where you're like, whoa, that was like,

like and and he came back for he came back for a battle florida game against a team that they're chasing in the standings and like jack missed two games against division opponent lost wins was yeah what it wasn't it wasn't it wasn't calgary on a Thursday night like it was the blue jackets and the outers who unfortunately are both ahead of the devils and the standings again like it's tough because kid did come back early tried to will it it it's been a disastrous season at all fronts but like to to ruppers point and to your point merrick like yeah at some point when he doesn't play in the last game before the break and then

he's like all systems go in their first practice according to Mike Sullivan. It kind of like daggers you a little bit as a Devils fan. Optically it's horrible. If you look at it optically it's like okay his focus is clearly somewhere else. But

again, this somewhere else happens once every four years and he's never done it. It's a Olympic string of it. It is a very confusing conversation to have and I get why it's an argument. But what the year that the devils have had, and a lot of, you know, the downfall has been because of some freak accident that Jack had

and Jack can't seem to stay healthy every year. It just makes it, it makes it look bad. And yeah, it's tough. That's a great, but last, that's a great point, which is that if he does play in that Islander's game, like, there's at least a 60% chance in Anvil falls on him. Like, that's Jack Hughes's, like, luck. And so by not playing, you're basically guaranteeing that you're going to be able to go to Italy and not suffer some other freak thing in the last game before the break.

So fair point there. One other point about Jack Hughes. We've seen him a little bit play wing this year for the New Jersey Devils. Do you like him as a winger? Or does Jack Hughes have to be a center? I don't think it really matters in this kind of game because, you know, Jack again, like in the D zone, he'll just, like, I thought last year in Four Nations, I think Jack got a lot of heat for the way he played. but like he took a beating in that first Canadian game in Montreal on that Saturday night.

Like he was getting laid out left and right, but he was getting pucks out of his own. You know, I thought he was doing the little things he needed to do, playing the role he needed to play. Was he driving offense and was he creating a lot of opportunities? Not necessarily, but in that game, I don't think he needed to. Obviously, I think you would have wanted more from him in the championship game, but these guys are buying into doing the little things. They're not playing 22 minutes a night like they normally do with their NHL team. So with Jack, like, you know, his role right now is to be a fourth line guy.

His role is to make sure that line doesn't get scored on and to keep the buck out of their own end. And that's what he'll focus on. I need Jack Hughes to drive the offense on this team. Would they like to? Yes, of course. But I don't think they're looking for Jack Hughes to be the guy to do it. So whether that's center or wing, as long as he's doing some sort of job and, you know, maybe not being a liability. I think that's all they can ask for.

And again, like you have Brock Nelson playing center. It's not like, you know, the options are so much worse, right? Like you have really good center depth on this USA team, and I don't think you need Jack to play center. Yeah. Easily the deepest they've ever been in the middle in my lifetime, like as far as Michael Matthews, Larkin, who was insanely good in Four Nations, and then either Trochequer or Nelson as your fourth liner.

Group C, my buddy. Can I ask one thing about the Larkin Thompson, and I think right now it's Kyle Conner line. I'd love to see Clayton Keller and Kyle Conner. spot and bump Kyle Connor down. That line interests me so much because, you know, Connor obviously and Tage, I think are both shoot first guys. And Larkin, while he is a decent playmaker, I don't think he's known for his playmaking abilities. I think you need a distributor on that line. I wonder if Clayton Keller is on the left side there at some point in this tournament,

because right now he's one of the extras. Yeah, but if you bump Connor down, that means you bump him to the press box, doesn't it? No, no, no. That would probably move out of J. T. Miller. and then you have Kyle Connor, Brock Nelson, and Jack Hughes. And Jack Hughes on your checking line. Yeah, but you need a playmate. Noted Selky candidate, Kyle Connor. You need the playmaker, I think, on every line. And right now, I think that's the one line.

It doesn't necessarily have, like, the distributor. That's fair. That's fair. Group C, you get Germany, dry sidel Stutzla, Cedar, and Grubauer. Latvia is the Teddy Blugher show with Elvis Merce Likins. The Danes have what? whatever is left of Freddie Anderson. I think it's the easiest group to be in.

But is there any, like, is there any landmine? Is there any dangerous spot for the U.S. in this group? Complacency. Like, like, maybe, maybe Germany just. Too easy a ride. Like, I was saying this is to Pete Blackburn on our, honestly, like, I've seen this to Pete Blackburn on our preview show. Is this a blessing or a curse?

Like, do you want to breeze through three teams before you get punched in the mouth? Or do you want to change? challenge. Like, Sweden's going to have with Finland, Finland's going to have I think Sweden.

Canada's going to have with Chequia, et cetera. Like, do you not want some of that before it gets real? So I'll answer Greg's question. I want to point out Sweden too.

To Greg's question, I think obviously the concern is Germany. Germany is like the only team that I really look at that can maybe score the first goal in the game and then rely on Grubeauer to stand on this. Like they can get out shot 80 to 10.

But if they score first, you know, maybe they can come away with the win. Like, that's the only team that really poses a threat to me. But Sweden, a great point because last year in Four Nations I think Sweden didn't

really know what was coming. You know, they played that first game against Canada in the Bell Center. And, you know, I had heard guys were out the night before and maybe just, you know, like no one really knew what to expect in that first game. And they came out and they got punched in the mouth, right, in that first period. But, you know, they came back and made it a game and then they didn't

lose a game after. Never lost in regulation. So Sweden, yeah, Sweden is the team that really interests me. And like we talk about Four Nation and it's always Canada, US. But Sweden, like, still had a chance to make it to that final. I think Canada had to beat Finland by a certain goal differential maybe. And you guys can correct me on that. But Sweden having Finland and I think Slovakia in their group with Italy, right?

That's the four. Like, yeah, they're going to be engaged in battle by the time they get to the crossover. And I think that's going to like really do a lot of good for them. Where the U.S. probably won't adversity. And I doubt Canada will face any adversity. And you don't like always need adversity. It's good to roll over teams and feel. good. But Sweden to me, they're the team to look out for just because of the disappointment

and what they showed last year. And it all started in that first game. Like you played four games. So if you lost one, your chances were basically diminished. And, you know, I don't think they were happy with how last year went at Four Nations. I always, I always find myself. And this might just be a byproduct of, you know, growing up and watching, you know, Borya Salming and Inga Hamastrum debuting in the NHL. And then, you know, Kent Nielsen was one of my favorite players to live to this day. Ditto Peter Forsberg. Did oh, Nick Clodstrumman, and all the way, I always find myself cheering for Sweden

at all these tournaments. I really, really do. I think it all comes down to whether or not they can find, like, they have a salad spinner of forwards right now. And they kind of have to figure out where all those pieces fit. And if they, if they find some lines that work, then they're in business, because I made fun of Merrick before

for him putting over the Swedish goaltending, but like Gustaf's been great this season. And so if he's the guy, you know, he could be a difference maker in a game. But here's where I think their real value is in Sweden, which is their decor, which I think top to bottom is better than Canada's.

Loaded. Loaded decor. What is it? Dahlene, Headman, Foresling. Dahlene and Foresling, Headman and Raspus Anderson, and then Carlson's on the fourth and Hampuslinholm. Brodine's not playing, right? Brodine's out

and that, see, that to me is like, you look at like someone going stride for stride with any forward team Canada or Team USA, but skating backwards, that's where Jonas Brodine shines. And that's a major hit. That's a major hit. Forestling's an excellent skater too. And to me, Brodine is like, I don't know,

he invented oxygen as far as I'm concerned. By the way, hit me back on that Canada. We'll have no challenges when Pashter Neck has a hat trick and those style makes 45 saves. That's the one. I'm telling you, man, that's the team that I worry about. I've all like that. Against Chequette.

That's going to be. It's going to be fantastic. And everyone's getting get to know Lucas Dostal's name. Like, you can see this one coming a mile away. You know, Johnny, one of the points I was making with wish before he came on is I don't think that in this era right now, like once upon a time, you could expect a goalie to steal a game. I can expect a goalie to steal one, maybe two periods. But to steal a game is too much. Do you agree with that or not?

In this setting, you're saying? Like in the Olympics? No, just in this era of hockey, not just this setting. but would extend to the Olympic tournament as well. I think expecting a goalie to steal a game, given how much it's advantage shooter now more so than it was in the last 20, 30 years in the NHL, I think stealing a game is too much,

but stealing one, two periods, I think a goalie can do that. I don't know. I've been spoiled to watch a lot of Egorce circling against Carolina Hurricanes playoff hockey, and that guy steals a lot of games. I'll tell you firsthand. I mean, that's probably,

probably the best example. And I, you know, I think back to this year, Sorokin against the Oilers, I think the Islander snuck away with a one-nothing win in that game. Like, Sorokin was unbelievable against the Oilers in that game. You know, I think that's a game where he maybe stole. Yeah, it's hard, obviously. And goalies now are faced with, you know, you got college kids that can shoot at 95 miles an hour. It's insane what hockey is now. But I still think there are, you know, some of the elite, elite goaltenders that can find a way to steal a game. And I've seen it honestly against the Rangers this year. Charlie Lingren stole one at MSG. The Rangers lost that game, won nothing. You know, there's there's been a lot of those

cases. I mean, it may be my own experience, but maybe not across the league. That's one of the things the most intrigued by in the Olympics is that like you've got some goaltenders that have been absolute dog shit during the season that what do they look like in a short track tournament? Like Freddie Anderson has been a sieve, but we all know that he's that guy in the Olympics, that could give you a headache if you're the U.S. and all of a sudden you're only winning one, nothing going into the third. And then the other guy,

more importantly, is UC Soros. Like, that Finland team, and Merrick, you know this, like, Finland is a hard out. Like,

even without Barkoff, they're just a hard out. Always. And it always is. If they get any semblance of goaltending from that guy, like, they could be a real spoiler in that group. But again,

he's been bad, like, in stretches for Nashville on it. And I don't know, I don't know how many of these guys can flip the switch. J.T. Miller is another one. Like, there's a bunch of guys who haven't been good. Bennington's another one too, where

you wonder if they can just flip a switch and all of a sudden be good in the Olympics. What about who's starting for Lafayette? Is it Merseleekins or She Loves? Do we know? I think it's Merselechans. I would think it's Merseleacons, yeah. You do? Okay, because I feel like She loves has been a guy who's

come out of nowhere before, you know, and stolen games and has played unbelievable. And, you know, the Lafans, was it so? She were Canada? Like, scored maybe in the last like three minutes to beat the Latvians was that the game? I love like Latvians. I mean, we've all like, we're all, you know, we've all watched the rise of Latvian hockey where they just used to always be that team where they would go, they would get scorched

by whomever, but their fans were the best and the players were just happy to be there. Now, are you thinking about like the world juniors last year in Ottawa where Latvian? where Latvia just completely torched the Canadians and went to the Did they also win the world like not too long ago against I think they beat the US and the world It was sure

It was it wasn't a Germany There was that one world championship Where was Latvia and Germany That were the two big surprises When Merrick was like I don't know The Lovings are always They're a tough game always

I love them When Merrick said he's he's experienced The rise of Latvia I thought he met the rise of their fans At 7 in the morning to have their first beer They haven't gone to bed They ever gone to bet seven in the morning. That's just when they're starting last call.

You kidding. Love the Latvians. I'll never forget. Like, Vancouver and Sochi were the two winter games that I covered. And like both times, the Latvian fans were just next level. Like, you're just, it puts every NFL tailgate you can imagine to shame the shape these guys show up. One of the things that I love about tournaments like this is. And my answer is the captain for Chekia.

But there's a couple of guys. it as you're watching the game. I'm going to like, Roman Cervenka. So here's where I'm going to go with this. Are there players, as you've looked at the lineups, we're like, oh, wow, I haven't heard that name in forever. Like, that's what I love about these tournaments. And not only is Roman Cervanka.

Now, this is pretty obscure, I get. I think it was like 2012. He played one season with the Calgary Flames. He was out of shape. And he ended up just shuffling back to play in Europe. But I just remembered how much hyped he was. going into that season with the Calgary Flames. Now, he is the all-time leading score for Chequia at the World Championships.

He's 40 years old, and they named him captain. I absolutely adore that about Chequia, right? Germany's going like Dryside, like all the NHL names and all that. Not Chequia. They go with Roman Servenka. And it's an obscure name. We only watch them in the NHL for one season, but one of the beauties of this tournament is like,

ooh, I haven't heard that name in forever. Do you guys have like a, ooh, I haven't heard that name in forever in the tournament? I'm looking through rosters right now. Yeah. I need. I got one. I got one. This guy always comes up. It's, uh, it's former flames, avalanche, panthers, and ducks goaltender. 32-year-old Ritoubera. Yes. Come on down. 39. I wouldn't have done that. The game. Rito Barrett is.

That was one where I'm like, oh my God, I haven't heard that name in a minute. But that is always fun. I've none of those. Honestly, like seeing these names is like soothing. It's a it's a lozenge from my old soul. I'm just like, but it's also America time. It's also a time for names that you're not familiar with to come to the forefront. Who among us could not forget, 2010, Vancouver, the legend of.

Tor Vikingstad of the Norwegian team. Where all of a sudden he shows up with the greatest name in hockey history. And he shows up and plays really, really well. And we come to find out he's like a legend back home. Tor Vikingstad of team Norway in the Vancouver 2010 games. If I can give one of those names, I'd love to give one of those names to look out for. Don's Les Smellis, former UMass hockey player. He is a Boston Bruins prospect.

He's playing in Providence this year. he played in the world championships last year. He had a great second half or whenever he left UMass last year and finished with Providence. He looked unbelievable in the H.L. last year. I think he put up like 11 points in 10 games

and maybe you can back check me on that one. But Don Ches Malas right now, I'm looking at the Lafian roster, third line center, but he's a guy who if he has like a great tournament, you know, maybe he ends up in Boston this year. Like maybe that's one of those cases too, right? Someone has like a coming out party and ends up playing in the playoffs

on one of these teams. And Don Jus Melis is a guy who, you know, I watched play for a couple of years in college, She was unbelievable at UMass, and he's the one who can certainly have his mark made in these Olympics. To answer your previous question, Johnny, about Latvia and Canada, that would have been Sochi. And here's another blast from the past for everybody. And it was a two to one win. And everyone fell in love with Krister's Goodlefskis, who is on the roster for the Latvians.

Is he really? Oh, yeah. And Chris is Goodlifis. Well, he was, he was on that 2023 World Championship team where Latvia won bronze. To your other previous point, just doing a quick search here. Krista's good left. All right. Merrick, Merck, let the American, let the Americans talk for a second.

Johnny. Okay, fine. How you feeling? What's, what's your scale of one to 10, one being we are going to get our asses kicked in by Canada? 10 being, we're going to defeat them and win gold. Where is your level of confidence right now for the United States men's Olympic hockey team? Or will they not even I think it's a, I think it's like a seven.

Like I feel good, but I don't feel overly confident. I mean, you look at that, just look at Canada's first power play unit. It's McDaniel, McIntyne, McCar, and Reinhardt. Like, good luck defending those five. I don't know. Like, it's tough. Like Canada's team top to bottom, especially their forward group, it's so much skill. Like, how are you taking the puck away from those guys?

I genuinely don't know how you do it. If you have Sidney Crosby in your third line, like, that's insane. So I don't know. I'm not overly confident. I'm really just excited. You know, I don't really remember like the Olympics per se. I didn't watch really in 2018 or 2022. And in 2014, I was a senior in high school.

So like I kind of remember getting up and watching with my friends, but not necessarily the ins and outs of the games. And 2010, I was like too young to really like remember everything but the gold medal game. and maybe when US beat Canada and then preliminary rounds. So this is like the first time in my lifetime where I'm like really going to be dialed in on every game. And that's something I'm really excited about. So like actually pick apart, you know, the Olympics and, you know, what goes into it and what guys really stand out and what guys disappoint.

Like Four Nations was obviously a preview of that for me. But this is the first time where I'm like really, you know, dialed into every game watching, knowing the game. You know, I feel like my hockey knowledge has obviously improved since I was 14 years old or at least I would hope So, um, and yeah, yeah, I'm just excited to, to like obtain it all, you know, for like the first time. And the way you guys are, the way you guys are talking about 2010 and 2014, like this will be my first one of those, I feel like. Yeah. And, and the journey there is the best part. Like the round robin, you just consume every game.

Then you get to the metal round and everything gets serious. And, you know, storylines you don't expect. I mean, remember America 2010, the yacht, the, the, the Jaeger Renaissance that happened during that tournament, too. I don't even remember that. That was it, that was the tournament where it was it was that 2010 where Ovechkin caught Yager in the neutral zone? Yes. Oh, yes.

One of the best hits of all time. That was great. Little hockey, little hockey legends happened all throughout the tournament. I mean, TJ Oshy, great example. Like, you know, no one knew going into that tournament that all of a sudden he'd be on the today show, you know, and that's the joy of the Olympics. Like, we talk about like why they go and all the financials and the players having to collectively bargain for it and stuff. But like ultimately it does produce some of those moments that become

indelible to hockey fans, uh, maybe not enough to financially benefit the NHL to their liking, but, but enough where, where it's, it's wonderful to have them back. Yeah. And think about this like golden age of hockey that we're in, you know, like the, I, you know, a lot of us have talked about it throughout the year, like that three different generations of NHL right now, like the Crosby's, Ovechkins on the way out, who are still playing unbelievable. And then you got McDavid and McKinnon and Matthews and all these guys that have now been in the league for like eight plus years that are veterans. And then you got Macklin in this term.

You know what I mean? Like that's a, that's a huge deal. You got three different generations of, of NHLers and superstars all on one team. And you don't get that a lot. So it's super cool. I'm glad you bought that up. Zach, do you have the photo of Team Canada from yesterday for their little, their little class trip that they were taking around Milan?

Because you mentioned Sid. famously in this photo that they had, Sid is off to the side. Like he's a class trip chaperone, which I thought was just an amazing thing. So here it is. So he's over on the side. He's like,

Oh my God, that's hilarious. Bus and five. He's a teacher. He's a teacher. Yeah, he's a teacher. There's so much going on to this photo.

You've got, you've got Marshan, his feet off the ground, you know, being supported by Tom Wilson. You've got Nathan McKinnon smiling. But the thing I wanted to, to point out based on what you just said, Johnny. If you look at where Sid is,

well, hold on. If you look at where Sid is all the way on the right, and then you look all the way on the left, you see Macklin Silbriene. And the moment I saw this photo, I'm like, okay, so the guy getting all the Sidney Crosby comparisons happens to be positioned exactly

on the opposite side, but in the same spot as Sidney Crosby. I thought to myself, did Mac kind of glance over and be like, where should I, where should I be in this thing? Okay, he's over there. So I'll be over here. It's just like perfect symmetry. It's a good point.

It's a good holder state. Okay. Here's the thing about this photo too. Look at Nathan McKinnon in the front row. He's only smiling because someone told him to. This might be the only time that he'll smile the entire tournament. If you've read the quotes about like, do you think, are you enjoying the sites? And he's like, no.

No, I don't need to do that. No, I mean, like this is like, this is business. trip for for day you're talking about like a guy that's like wired to run hot 24 seven someone just told him like look you're in the front row everybody else is smiling can you please smile can you please show us your upper teeth this this is such a great there's so much you can pick out of this like macdavit's not worrying any team Canada gear probably because he's just he's got a different sponsorship deal but like the chef jarvis is like right in the front he looks just like a guy man just like a Canadian guy they happen to stumble upon in Canada picture and got into it

He's like one of the guys summer drinking buddies. He just came along. Like, yeah, get him in the picture. He's awesome. Like, Seth Jarvis. I mean, like his eyes. This is an unreal picture. It's a great picture.

It does the play a class trip. It's hilarious. It really does. And Crosby on the top right there does look like the gym teacher. He really does. Just like, all right. Settle down, boys for two seconds. We're just going to take a picture.

Leave only footbridge. Take only memory. All right. Listen, bud, we'll be checking in regular. Morning Cup is going to be all over it as well. Very much looking forward to it. We're going to get going here. And then may the best country win.

May the best team win. I don't even know what you say before. May the best team win. Yeah, may the best team win. All right. Johnny, thanks as always, pal. You'd be good. Thank you, guys.

Be good. Bye. There is. Johnny Lazarus, host of Morning Cup. It's more ambitious dated I went to