The Sheet with Jeff Marek - Trouble for Sweden and Poulin Practices ft. Cassie Campbell-Pascall & David Pagnotta

Episode Date: February 13, 2026

The Milan Games conversation rolls on as Jeff Marek returns with a jam-packed edition of The Sheet. First up, David Pagnotta joins to break down the report that several Finnish players had requested Paul Maurice to coach Team Finland at the 2026 Olympics — what it says about Maurice’s standing around the league and how realistic that scenario could be. They also dive into the injury to Josh Morrissey and what it means for the Winnipeg Jets’ blue line moving forward, plus a full NHL reset after the break with the latest rumblings, trends, and storylines to watch as teams ramp back up. Then Cassie Campbell-Pascall stops by to analyze Sweden’s tough loss to Finland and what’s gone wrong for Tre Kronor, Slovakia tightening its grip on the group with a 3-2 win over Italy, and early impressions of Canada and the United States in their tournament openers. The conversation shifts to the women’s side as Marie-Philip Poulin returns to practice, a massive boost for Canada heading into the knockout stage.#TheSheet #JeffMarek #DavidPagnotta #CassieCampbellPascall #MilanGames #OlympicHockey #NHL #TeamCanada #TeamUSA #TreKronor #Slovakia #WinnipegJets #MariePhilipPoulin #HockeyLeave 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! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Okay, so the tournament so far has had a lot of everything. Welcome to the sheet for this Friday, February the 13th. Glad to have you aboard today. Hope you getting up early to watch all these games because it's been a lot of fun. And one thing we should point out, too, if you did watch the Sweden-Finland game on the men's side, some of you older fans may remember games like that from the 70s and the 80s when it was really apparent.

How much these two teams slash. countries did not get along. And we saw that today. Big win by the Finns. 4 to 1 is the final score. And about Team Sweden right now, we're saying, what's going on? And what's the deal with Philip Forsberg?

Or more specifically, Sam Halam, Samuel Halam, the head coach of Team Sweden, what is the issue that he has specifically with Philip Forsberg? 138 in the first, 250 in the second. And then when they're pressing and need to score goals, they get them out there for 503 with a total ice time

under 10 minutes, 9 minutes and 31 seconds. For one of the best snipers on the team, a team is having a hard time scoring goals, specifically against the stingy fins. And that game was a lot of fun. That game was, well, it may have a cost attached to it. We'll see. We're still waiting to see an update on Nico Mikula who blocked the shot. and splits.

But the big, and UC Saras, by the way, for the Finns. Just outstanding this morning. 34 save performance. He was fantastic today. Philip Gustafson, 20 saves. He faced 23 shots. So Group B is turning out to be the fascinating one, hey? Group B has turned out to be the interesting one here.

Slovakia, by the way. It was close, but they beat Italy by a final score of 3 to 2. Good on the Italian. right for hanging in there in the first couple of games here that's been great France had a little bit of life against Czechia by the way Zach did you not have this what is this like U10 moment when you saw Chequia short-handed with a three on O

that was the game there yeah I'm sorry beautiful passing play Matti Stransky with the ended up scoring for for Chequia there but like as you're watching when's the last time you saw a three on O short-handed. Like one of, when you get to the rundown here, one of the, one of the craziest things I ever saw in hockey was the Oshawa generals. Gee, I can't remember who they're playing.

It might have been Peterborough. And Calvin DeHan, who's killing off a five on three, got a breakaway and scored. And don't forget, Calvin DeHan is a defenseman. And this is junior hockey. But killing off as a defenseman, how do you get a breakaway on a five on three? And then DeHan went on and scored because he dominated in junior. But watching at the Olympic level,

now it was like one of the worst line changes we've ever seen. But how do you get a three on O killing a penalty? But there it was. But there it was. That was what I yelled out, where are they going? And then that's the three on O up the other way. Quick up and boom.

Oh, geez. If there's ever a way, because I think that was 30 seconds left in the second period, right? Approximately 30 seconds left. Like, if there was ever a time to give up a three on no short-handed, it would be with 30 seconds left in a game that you actually had life in. Because as soon as that happened, to your point, like it was oxygen sucked out of that team. You could tell that was just kind of the defeating moment. The goaltender probably ready to kill everyone on the ice in front of him. And you know what?

Every witness would have just tied their shoes. I didn't see anything. No, I didn't see anything. No, nope. I don't know what happened. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Just like, full on. I'm not going to be a witness here.

Let him do what he needs to do. That was crazy town. Yeah. It's been fun. It's been good. Now you've got to go in the room and look at each other. Yeah. It has been a lot of fun.

That's one of those. I don't know if you've ever had this before in hockey. I'm going to ask Cassie. There have been, like, my kids have had times where they've had coaches that after a really bad performance by the team, he's made the whole team go and apologize to the goaltender. Did you ever have to do that? And I would imagine that everybody on that French team would have to go and like

apologize to the goaltender after that one. That was vicious. Just vicious. I could see that. I can see that. You don't want to see as a goalie. Welcome to it. All right.

The blueprint powered by Fanduel download the app today and play your game on Fanduel. Coming up on the program as the Olympics continue, both on the men's side and the women's side as well. Dave Panyoda will join us on vacation, by the way, where the only ice that he's surrounded by is in his glass. But nonetheless, Dave making time for everybody here at Daily Face Off. Panjota stops by coming up. We'll get a couple of NHL updates as even though it may be the trade freeze right now.

It ain't no talk freeze between general managers. We'll get the latest. Also, on site in Milan for the Milan Games, Cassie Campbell, Pascal. We'll stop by. There was a Marie-Filippe plant citing today. on the ice skating again, playing on a line with Darrell Watts and Sarah Filier.

We'll get Cassie's thoughts on that and also on the men's side and even though it'll only exist for a couple of hours until the game starts, we should do a little bit of a preview of Canada versus Switzerland. That is on the horizon. And don't forget immediately after that game right here at our daily face-off YouTube channel,

Tyler E. Remtruck and Dan Ritchio will handle all the post-game affairs as we do. for every Canada and U.S. game right here at our Daily Face Off YouTube channel. Do we have Mr. Panyoda standing by? As he gets all the sand out of his toes, okay, let's get him. He's got the sand out of his toes. He's probably got one of those deep, rich Mediterranean tans, too, that, you know, it's February. And look at, oh, buddy, you got the look, the slick back hair, the tan forehead and nose.

Oh, man, meanwhile, we're just freezing here. but enjoying ourselves watching Olympic hockey. First of all, how much of a time difference is there from where you are to Milan? I'm on Eastern Time, so six hours. Oh, you are? Okay. All right.

Yeah. Jamaica, good time. Managed to watch the game yesterday, the Canada game. So I'm going to do it again today by the pool. We had a crowd around us yesterday, so we're going to get another crowd today. Yeah, I was going to say, like, paint that picture because there'll be Canadians there too, that want to watch that game. Are you watching like at the,

at the bar pool side? Are you watching in the pool by the volleyball courts on the beach? Like, where are you watching these games? No, bar side. Bar side by the pool, bar side slash pool side. Right.

I'm trying to see if we can get the laptop attached to the big screen that they have out here. Oh, nice. So that would be great because there's a lot of, you're right, there are a lot of Canadians here. A lot of people from Edmonton, Toronto, Montreal, Quebec City.

So we got a nice contingent already. And after the game yesterday, everybody was asking, can we plan this out for tomorrow? And we said, yeah, we'll set it up for 3 o'clock. That's awesome. So tomorrow all set. Is it going to be the same thing for the France game on? Because France threw a little bit of a scare there briefly there against Chequette.

But you're doing the same thing for Sunday too? Yep, yep. Sunday as well, getting it set up for all of them. We'll probably throw it on for, If we can get connected to the big screen, we'll just leave it there for everybody to watch all the games. Okay, so I want to get some NHL stuff in here because we're going to focus so much on Olympics. And listen, as I framed it off the top of the show today, it may be a trade freeze, but it ain't no talk freeze between managers. And we'll get there in a couple of seconds.

Any managers, by the way, in Jamaica right now? You've seen anyone on the beach? Not that I've seen. No, not that I've seen. A couple NHL guys and couples and whatnot rolling around. But not on the management side. Okay, good. They're focused on the Milan games.

I get it. Quick thought then. What did you take away from that game yesterday for Team Canada? I mean, it really was like, it was puck on a string. And the one thing, you know, I was talking to someone from a team who said, you know, it's really interesting how this Canadian team, one of the things that, you know, players will respect and coaches will as well, how they really keep the puck in really safe places for them. and it's easier to do against Czech yet perhaps than it is to do against the United States.

But nonetheless, like Binnington with the shutout, all the big boys are showing up for Canada. What did you take away from game one in advance of game two here this afternoon? Yeah, honestly, Jeb, I couldn't think anyone would have asked for a better performance overall. It was top to bottom, just solid hockey. They didn't over dominate. They just played a sound game. And, yeah, Binnington stood on his head when he needed to. The D-Corps did what they needed to do as well.

I thought Doughty and Harley, I thought those guys were great. Perrako, his body, was being utilized when he needed to. All four lines were rolling, you know, as much as they needed, as much as those lines needed to. And I like the trios that are put together because you've got a little bit of everything on all of those lines. Familiarity, a little bit anyway, with Stone and Marner. and then of course sit in the middle. You've got the immediate chemistry that we saw in that first game between McDavid and Celebrini was amazing with Wilson on the wing.

Just overall, the overall performance of that team, for me defensively, offensively, in-net, little areas, the vision that was exploited in the right way for all of the playmaking guys. It was just an overall, just top-execine, excellent performance. that again, I don't think we could have asked for anything better from the Canadians. There was one moment, sticking with Sidney Crosby here for a second, there was one moment where I thought of Chris Cunitz. There was one moment where I thought of Chris Cunits,

and it was a zone entry with Crosby's line where he enters the zone and flips a backhand to a martyr who's clearly not ready for it. And as we all know, like nobody plays on his backhand better than or more than Sidney Crosby. It's like his main calling card And Kunitz could read Crosby on the backhand Like nobody else Like that was his superpower

Coonitz knew how to read Crosby's backhand And that's what made those two work so well And I'm saying to myself Like at that moment Because Martin played it kind of like a bag of toys It turns like an awkward entry for Canada But I'm thinking of myself That thing is hand-to-glove if it's Chris Cunits

On the left side there But nonetheless What did you make of the Crosby line Start of the game And maybe the play of the game was the backward sauce pass from Mitch Marner to Mark Stone. Good, in tight. Good Lord.

What a play. That was, yeah, a thing of beauty on that one. I mean, look, that line, again, the chemistry that there's, or familiarity with Stone and Marner this season. And just on that play that you were explaining with Sid, I think it's just a reminder for Mitch Marner to be a little bit more cognizant of just how that play may develop. You know, it's one game in.

whatever and didn't really didn't do damage and didn't hurt him. But just a little reminder that, oh yeah, I'm still playing with arguably, you know, one of the best players, if not the best player still, overall in the world in Sydney Crosby. So just to remember those kinds of things. But look, I like that line. I like the execution. I like the speed that was brought out with Mitch kind of

coming in, that just that play and that pass over to Stone, just cutting to the net and then just delivering that seamlessly and almost effortlessly to Stone to finish it was fantastic. I liked everything that I kind of saw from them for the most part. I like the fact that you've got a little bit of, you can interchange a little bit. They didn't do it too often. You can interchange Mitch and Mark Stone on both sides kind of coming in. They can cross over if they need to.

I like the overall execution of that line. I like honestly, I mean, everything that I saw from these guys, even on, you know, McKinnon's line, as well. They were pushing, you could see it a little bit, internal competition. The first three lines got rolling and they scored and then you see McKinnon's line trying to get going a little bit as well. And they started to, as the game progressed, try to create a few more opportunities for them to bury the puck. And eventually, I can't remember, I think it was the power play goal where they ended up, or at least he had got in on that. So again, I liked it. We'll see what happens today. You know, the Swiss aren't going to just roll over. this is going to be another hard competition for Canada,

but we'll see kind of, you know, how this goes. Did Jordan Bennington, last question, and we'll get on to NHL, did Jordan Bennington earn the job with Team Canada yesterday? Because it looks like Logan Thompson is going to go today against Switzerland. I don't know if there's anything Logan Thompson can do

to take the net away. If you're basking on like, okay, games one or two, we don't have the goalies fight it out. I mean, does Logan Thompson have to score a goal? Like what has to happen here? Like, Bennington threw a donut at that checky yesterday. If you're Logan Thompson, you're like, what am I going to do here? Like, even if I get a shutout, he gets it sort of by default for last year.

What is he got to join the rush? Does he got to line up on the power? Like, what does he have to do? Like that, yeah. And I mean, it was just, you heard Coop after the game just being like, yeah, we made that decision to start Binnington. Yeah, last year. Yeah. Yeah.

So, like, the level. of comfort that they have and confidence that they have in Jordan Bittington in these moments, that's the reason why he's the guy. I mean, my only critique out of his performance overall was maybe play the puck a little less when you're, and I think that'll happen when you're playing against, you know, the States or whoever else, Sweden, the Finns and whatnot. Although Sweden, what's going on there? There's some internal battles. Oh, I want to get there too. I want to get there too. Yeah, with a gubble guy, it's not just Forsberg, but I'm wondering, oh, we'll as well. But anyway, Fairly played.

There's, yeah, yeah. Just the first game, I don't know, what are you doing? He didn't play the first game. And then, anyway, Forsberg would do two shifts. But yeah, just thought, like, I think it's not just the coaching staff that has a confidence, but the players in front of him, the D-Court, just everybody else, all the skaters have that confidence in Jordan Bittington. And unless it was a complete meltdown, yeah, he's their guy.

He's their guy rolling forward. And I know everybody's pinpointing, well, his number, look at his numbers in St. this and that. Look at everybody's numbers in St. Louis. Nobody's having... A blue line. Look at the blue line is playing up against. Like, okay, I was mentioning this the other day. So, Zach, if you can go full frame with me here and have a look

over my right shoulder, there's a picture of Jill Malash playing for the seals. And the reason I have this picture here is he represents something about net miners that I'm always reminded of, which is Joel Malasch was just as good as Bernie Perrant and Ken Dryden and Jerry Chivers and Billy Smith and all the legends that we think about from the 1970 70s, winning Stanley Cops, ConSmythe trophies, Vaston trophies, etc., etc., etc.

Problem was, Joe Malach played on the Seals and the Barons and a really bad North Stars team. So no one's ever going to put him in the conversation with Bernie and Ken and Tony Esposito and all these guys from that era because he played behind some really, really bad. blue lines. But if you put Bernie Perron on the seals, you put Jerry Cheever's on the Barrens, or you put Ken Dryden on that bad North Stars team, we'd be saying the same thing. And that's

why I think with goaltenders is so unique, it's so environmental, right? Like, in some ways, as I mentioned this to wish yesterday. Bennington is the complete opposite of Ken Dryden in that regular season. He's had an awful year, but internationally,

he shines. Ken Drayden, the regular season was phenomenal. And then even by his own admission, was terrible internationally, specifically against the Soviets. The New Year's game, he was brutal. So at Summit series, he was awful to the point

where I did an event with Paul Henderson a couple of months ago, and he said, we were all shocked that Ken played game eight because he was awful. And we all thought that Tony Esposito was going to go in that. Now, Ken had one great game against the Soviets,

and it was against game eight. But Bennington's the opposite. And then he gets behind a defense that knows what they're doing and a team that knows what they're doing. And all of a sudden, sudden, he's the ghost of Terry Sautchuk or Jacques Plont or whomever. It's incredible. He, yeah, and again, just, I mean, the guys in front of them, the entire team, they know that they can

count on him. They knew that they can count on him in throughout four nations. They know they can count on him now. And when St. Louis's team was stacked in 2018 or 19, whatever it was, same situation. Yeah, full, full confidence there. I mean, we're talking about goaltending in D-Cores. Everybody in Edmonton was complaining about Tristan Jari and then... Oh, Stu Skinner. Stinnor. Yeah. Then Jari comes in. Everybody's healthy again. They play better. And now it's the same complaints. Because defensively, there are struggles in Edmonton. When the guys in front of you aren't helping out, there's only so much the goal he can do. True. Okay. Let's get a couple of NHL things. So the first, the moment that Josh Morrissey left the game,

Winnipeg Jets, Twitter, just like, oh, another thing for the season. And again, we don't have an update. We still don't know, but you know hockey fans in every market is the same. Always assume the worst. There's no update on Josh Morrissey right now. We'll wait like everybody else. But your thoughts on, you know, either include Morrissey in this or don'ts, thoughts on what Kevin Shevoldeoff is facing here?

Well, I think first of all, just with respect, I mean, with respect to Morrissey's status, if he is knocked out or if he is going to be out for an extended period of time, I think that just solidifies Winnipeg's position going into the trade deadline. Oh, yeah. I think they're pretty much leaning in that direction anyway with respect to selling out a number of their assets, whether it's Shen or Logan Stanley or Tanner Pearson or they're going to try to move Gustav Nyquist and whatnot. Beyond the free agents, I think that just kind of solidifies, okay, we need this is just the icing on the cake for us this season. and let's call it a wash.

It is what it is. Hopefully for their sake, it's an anomaly, and you focus on next season. And I think that's the final nail in that coffin. If Morrissey isn't out, I don't really think it's going to change too much, you know, for the Jets side of things. So they've already had those conversations.

They're going to continue to have those conversations, be it now and going into March for a number of their guys. They're going to, by all, accounts sell those pieces. But the fact that, you know, offensively has been, it's been a challenge for them, beyond the first line. And that's still something that Shevleday off and the staff in Winnipeg want to address at some point. Whether they can pull that off before the trade deadline or not, we're going to have to wait and see. But they definitely want to bring somebody in to stabilize that second line with, with Colper Fetti in place. So we'll see kind of, you know, what they end up doing.

This might be something that happens in the summer. But either way, this is a, an, a, an area that they feel needs to be addressed going into next season. Toronto Maple Leafs. Austin Matthew scores yesterday on the Pirate Play for USA. William Nealander fires one off the post. William Nealander, we should mention as well, not practicing for the Swedes. We suspect strongly. No, not ideal.

I mean, to your point, also to your point about Josh Morrissey, like any injury at the Olympics for one of their big guys, that pretty much, I mean, I don't think the Maple Leafs make the playoffs. Anyhow, I just think that they're too far back, too many teams. Same thing for the Florida Panthers. But nonetheless, any injury to the big boys here, that pretty much solidifies what Brad Trill Living is going to do. How deep, though?

Like, we've heard, like, a lot of names, like, how deep do you think this can go? Given that, I have a hard time believing that their parent company wants to tear down too much here. No, I agree with you on that one. I don't anticipate that being the case. But I do think there are going to be some, cosmetic changes and I do think they're going to be others that are going to be a little bit more aggressive in that front. And I don't think, look, I think they're going to have a conversation with

Morgan Riley. I don't think it's going to be now. I could be wrong. I don't think it's going to be now. I think it'll be once the season concludes that they're going to go back to Morgan Riley and say, we've got to do something bold here. Will you consider a move? He's got the full no trade or no move, whatever it is. He's got control, basically. I think that's something that will eventually happen. If they miss the playoffs, then that's likely to happen in the summer. And he can control, he controls it. So they can ask him and he may say no. And I believe they had a loose conversation at the end of last season about it, obviously didn't lead to anything other than him staying and trying to ramp up his off-season training. But I do think that they're going to take a look at a

number of different options. You know, I think, you know, teams, you know, teams. You know, started poking around on OEL. I don't know how much of an appetite the Leaves have to actually do that. He's been their best defenseman this season. But if somebody's willing to pay a premium, I think they consider it. I think there are going to be some other players as well. They have to make a decision, I think, first and foremost, on Bobby McMahon. Is five times five realistic to hold on to them?

And do they want to do that versus try to recoup an asset? Can they get a first round pick and maybe something else for them out there? but the options to some degree are limited. So there's that. I think Simone Benoit is going to be somebody that some teams are going to have interest in and have a conversation with. And I think Tree is going to continue

to kind of dangle some other pieces that he's done before, be it Carlo, Max Domi, Matthias Michelli, and so on. I think there are going to be some tinkering that needs to be done with this roster. Because keep in mind, I also think that Dakota Joshua, the anticipation is that he'll be back after Olympics.

so they're going to fill some holes with some of their guys that are that are banged up a little bit. But, you know, they're going to have to take some serious thought into kind of augmenting this roster a tiny bit going into next season, or excuse me, going into the summer to make some more bigger changes into next season. The one thing, though, and we've seen this countless times from various regimes with the Toronto Maple Leafs. Yeah. One of the issues is, you know, we're going to retool this thing on. free agent on free agent day and free agency. And there's all the rumors about like,

oh, if he gets there, leaves are interested in Darren Radish, for example, to which a lot of people look at that and say like, yeah, why not? He's arrived.

He's finally had the good season. He should get the JJ Mosier contract, et cetera, et cetera. And correct me if I'm wrong here. Sane teams, teams that win, that are built long term,

don't look at Darren Radish and say, yeah, we got to get him on July 1, when he's $5 million. They say, we got to go find the next Darren Radish. Yes. We got to go.

Those guys exist in the American hockey league. How do we find them? As opposed to let another team develop them and then we pay for them if you're the Maple Leafs. That's one place. And listen, we just saw this with Frazier Minton. I hate to keep going back to the Brandon Carlin deal. But like every time you see Frasier Minton, like honestly, Dave, what do you think?

Like, he's getting better and better and better and better and better. and shift in, shift out, every Maple Leafs fan is just like, the dagger goes in a little deeper. The dagger just goes in like, you had that guy. You had that guy. It's the constant story of the Maple Leafs. Yeah. And, you know, well, and that's why with, you know, Bobby McMahon, for example,

you know, they had other situations where they helped the guy develop and they helped the guy grow and they didn't want to spend the mid-tier money to keep those pieces. Zach Hyman, as a prime example. And there are others. So, like, that's a guy to me that if the price tag is five times five or in that ballpark, based on what he's done,

based on his positioning on the roster, excuse me, and how versatile he can be, like, it's a tough, like, I'm losing my words. It's a tough spot for them to be in because I think they got to keep. them personally I think you got to hold if that's the ballpark price tag because the other thing too if you are looking at free agency who else is available right like all these other teams to to your point that saying oh well with respect to oh we've got to go after darren radish well all these other teams are looking at bobby mcman going well we need to

go after him because nobody else is going to be available everybody else has signed all the other big pieces of sign you've got right now Alex tuk and nick schmaltz leaning the offensive charge or the forward group, I should say. You know, there's only, there's 32 teams. The options are limited. And then from the leaf side of things, you know, keep him, move out some other pieces and develop some of your guys to find those next pieces because you're going to be up against the cap. You need to find those sweetheart contracts that work for you.

You know what's interesting about the other 31 teams as well? I checked. They're all allowed to try too. I've checked a couple. I check every now and then. Like, are the other teams still allowed to try? Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh, okay.

Yeah. I keep remembering that. Yep, confirmed. Yeah, confirmed. Yeah, they're allowed to try. Can you confirm anything about Calgary and what's going on there? I mean, the two biggest names, you know, Cadry and Coleman. I wonder about even someone like McKenzie Weager, though, at the same time.

Anything cooking with Calgary? Well, let's get back to, let's get back to ice in the glass, not ice on the ground here at a couple of seconds, sand in your toes. What's happening with Calgary? Well, the mango and white rum, same color. by the way, orange, it's great. The flames, I think there are going to be some, I think there's more movement, movement coming. Before, leading in, or before his injury,

there was a lot of smoke around Blake Coleman, a lot, to the point where I would be surprised if he's not moved by the deadline. We know Cadreys open to a move. He's made that clear to the flames. Now, they don't have to necessarily do anything now, but just the fact that he's relayed that message or as camps relayed that message,

speaks volumes. We've talked about this before. It's a tight group. The veteran guys are a tight group. And once you start to see guys leave, Anderson's out. Coleman's likely next. Codry could be out as well.

If you're McKenzie Uighur, you're sitting there going, what am I here for? What everyone go? Exactly. I got five more years of what. And that's why these other teams are going to start poking around

on him. Ryan Lauber is another guy pending UFA that a lot of teams are going to look at. Really, the only name right now, where I haven't heard too much around is Sharon Govich and a bit of an off season for him. But just in terms of teams kind of poking around, I haven't heard too much on him. I'm not expecting anything.

But the other guys, I am. And with Hubert O' Dunn for this season and the expectation and likelihood that at least one more big name is out of Calgary by the March 6 deadline, you know, there are going to be some other changes that will follow suit in the summer. I've got to believe, and some teams believe that as well, where whatever happens at the deadline, unless Craig Conroy completely cleans house right now, whatever doesn't happen at the deadline, I should say, is likely to happen around draft time in July 1. Excellent.

You're there with Nick, correct? He's somewhere floating around. So whenever, and I've been on the road with Nick a couple of times, not as much as you, but I always give him the same advice. I'll give you the same advice today. Make good decisions. All right, Dave, you get out there and you go make some good decisions tonight, okay, buddy? I will.

I don't know if he will, but I, I tell Nick that you're talking to America and he said, hey, Nick, make good decisions tonight. Knowing, knowing full well that he will not. All right, you'd be good. Enjoy the sand of the toes. Take care, pal. Thanks, buddy. See you. There is Dave Panyoda from the fourth period.

DFO Insider one half alongside Irfan Gafar. DFO Rundown Insiders edition Wednesdays at 3 o'clock. Eastern, then available wherever you get your podcast or the video in archive right here on our daily face off YouTube channel. Okay, from Jamaica to Milan, we go. Last time she was getting her feathers done. No idea what Cassie Campbell Pousel is getting done right now. If anything, what's up, Cass, you're at the rink.

I'm at the rink. My feathers have been done, I think. Nice. Very good. I'm going for the librarian look tonight. Cheryl Pounder told me I needed a gala dress with the look of my hair. But I leave it to the wonderful hair and makeup people because I barely know how to brush my hair. So what you see is what you get.

No, I get it to. It's like it looks like I'm, you know, dragging a squirrel or a pork chop through my hair. And my wife is always like, do you have a mirror, Jeff? Hey, speaking of it. You guys are so lucky, though. You guys are lucky. It takes 10 minutes because it takes 10 minutes. Oh, no, I know.

Trust me. I know. I know. Well, I don't know if you know this. like our industry has an open door policy on ugly guys. Like women have to like look perfect and sound perfect. But like it's open door policy for guys to be as ugly as they want to. It really is unfair.

But I've been the beneficiary of it for a number of years. Hey, I want to get a quick thought from you on Cheryl Pounder who, like, we all know Cheryl as a player. I want to ask you as a broadcaster. Because when you look at like her assent and I can remember when she first started and some of the first few shows on TSN. From then to now, holy smokes. Did you know, did you ever think, like, that one day Pounder had it in her to be, like, that great on television?

She's awesome. I did. I did. You know, why? Because she works and she watches. And, you know, her and I, you know, obviously have been teammates and friends for a long time. Yeah. When she first started out, you know, she would reach out.

She was picking my brain. How do we do this? What's this? What's that? and yeah, I had no doubt in my mind. I'm so proud of her and what she's been able to accomplish. I love being on this panel with her. And honestly, we've been having a great time.

The two of us are doing men's and women's hockey, as you know, and not that we want anyone to feel sorry for us because we're very grateful for where we are. But it's been a grind and just going back and forth and, you know, flipping your brain. But, yeah, I'm really, you know what, I'm absolutely honored that there's two women on this panel, and I'm honored that it's me and her

because, you know, she was a great teammate. She's a good friend and it's been special for me. I'm not going to lie to go back to my roots at CBC and then to go back to my roots with her too. So it's fun. Nothing but fun memories. You me both about CBC. So quickly, your thoughts on a 29 siting today.

Marie-Philippe-Polland on the ice as an entire country can finally exit. tail a little bit. Correct me if I'm wrong. She was on with Daryl Watson, Sarah Filier. Sounds like that. Could be the line here. How much should we get excited about Marie-Philippe Palin

based on what you saw today with her? Well, I think even her at 50% is pretty phenomenal. Obviously, I think as you go through the quarterfinal against Germany, I think you play her as usual and then you hope to get up early. and then maybe you can rest her a little bit and see how it goes. I think, you know, she practiced today, and obviously a game situation will be much different. But she's the fittest of the fit, the strongest of the strongest. And if anyone can play through an injury, it's her.

Obviously, it's a big boost for the team to see her on the ice. It's important. And I love that line of Sarah Filier and Darrell Watts on her flanks. I watched them play arguably their best game against Finland. and it wasn't even just about points for me for them. I love that they're showing some tenacity. They're in people's faces. They're checking people well.

And that's the element of their game that I think is going to take them to the next level. We know how offensively gifted they are. But when they start to figure out, you know, you watch Mary Philippe Plan on the back check, you watch her on the court check, you watch her win battles. And they're really starting to figure it out here,

and that's good news for Canada here going down the stretch. I was going to say, what kind of game were you looking for from Canada against Finland, given what happened against the United States? We're going to get there in a couple of moments. But what did you need to see from Team Canada against Finland yesterday? Well, I think some balance scoring, get some confidence going again. You know, honestly, I can tell you as an athlete how quickly you do forget about that U.S. game.

However, however, it still sits in your heart. The disappointment still sits in there. It still motivates you. But I think it was important to get Jennifer Gardner on the score sheet. Get her going. She was so great at the world championships. And, you know, get her going. Kristen O'Neill, to me, has been lights out.

And not just the offensive side of things, but, you know, she's really provided a lot of energy. And, you know, that game just, I think, brought some confidence back. And now, honestly, Jeffrey, it's a new tournament. You know, the quarterfinal start, anything that has happened this year, or, you know, at this Olympics, it really doesn't mean anything. It's like you get to start fresh. And if you're not feeling confident as far as not getting the points that you thought maybe you'd get,

it doesn't matter. Nothing matters. It's team first mentality from here on in. And I got a better glimpse of that against Finland than I thought I saw versus USA where I thought their bench looked really depleted. So it's good just to get some confidence back for sure. You know, one of the things, let's get to that U.S. game. and I want to get to Abby Murphy in a second.

But one of the things that, and you can talk to me as a hockey player about this. I mean, I'm an expert from my couch, Cassie, as you understand. But, you know, every time. You're pretty good. Anytime I fake the funk. So anytime I see a team go offside, as much as I saw Canada go offside against the U.S., I say to myself, they are completely out of their comfort zone. Whether it was Natalie Spooner with that one little extra move or some, like, really selfish entries,

ignoring what's around you. It just seemed like Canada was just like off. And you saw it on the entries. How much do you as an athlete read into, this team can't stay on side? They're really uncomfortable right now how deep the water is where they're playing. You know what I mean?

You know, I think I can say this and know 99.9% that during that game, the U.S. were in the Connecticut, the Canadians' heads. Now, you know, they have time to kind of refresh and regroup, but during that game, hey, I think you've got to tip your hat to the Americans. They were unbelievable.

I mean, they were sharp. They finished. They were relentless. You know, that, to me, was the best game that I've seen them play all year. And yet, you know, they were still dominant against Canada in the rivalry series. For Canada, though, that wasn't very good. You know you have another level individually as a group. So you draw from the positive of that.

And you really just got to wash your hands from that game. You know, your coaches are going to dissect it, and they're going to tell you the things that you need to know. But I think mentally and physically, we just weren't there. And I don't know if it was, you know, the whole norovirus thing to start the tournament, and then you lose your best player and your captain and the emotion of that. There just seemed to be a lot of other things going on in the heads of the athletes rather than just that game.

So you just park it, you just wash it away, you learn from it, and you move on. And that's the thing. We saw the USA's best, and we saw Canada's worst. And that gives me hope. I'm not going to lie as a veteran. But you've got to get through the quarterfinals and everything else first. So, Abby Murphy, I want to frame something one very specific way. Super highly skilled.

And just miserable to play against. like the Lameros were like awful. There's no other way to put it. They were just miserable to play against. If you want to add any other American names here, feel free. But like there is a sort of consistency here. I mean, the Lammaroos and Abby Murphy just like, just nasty and miserable players to play against.

Now, I say that with full respect to all three of the players that I'm talking about here. And specifically Abby Murphy. who's just loaded with skill. She's going to go first overall at the PWHL draft. I would be shocked if she didn't. I think we all would. And as you pointed out a couple of times in a couple of places, you know, not shy about drawing penalties.

Not shy about, and maybe she will have perhaps a bathing suit under the uniform. I don't know. But nonetheless, your thoughts on Abby Murphy, and would you like to add any more names of miserable Americans to play against Canadian Cassie Campbell, Pascal? You know, first of all, let me say, Jeffrey, that I have so much respect for Abby Murphy, and I would love her on my team at any time. Obviously, not a Canadian team because she's American, but you get what I mean.

And I love her skill. I love everything about her game. And she's allowed to embellish. She's allowed to embellish. So she's choosing to embellish at times. Is it frustrating to play against? 100%. Do you want to, like, knock her out sometimes?

100%. but you can play that game by not even acknowledging her. You can play that game that you don't have to give that extra shove in the corner like Blair Turnbull did. You don't have to give that cross-check like Chris and O'Neill did. She wants you to play that game. I personally, I ignore her except for the fact that I need to check her and cover in the D-Zone and those types of things. And that's hard to do because she does. does it so well.

And she's gifted like Brad Marchand did it, you know, and sometimes still does it to a certain degree. But don't lose the fact that I respect this player very much because she is so skilled and she can finish. But I think for Canada moving forward, if Canada in the U.S. meet in that final, you just have to ignore her. She is just waiting to bait you in.

And to be honest with you, this has been going on for quite some time. Other nations have complained about it. It's time that the officials, and we saw it early in the men's tournament where I think it was Nemitz that fell and they didn't call the penalty and they didn't call the embellishment. I would love to see the embellishment called, you know? And even in the NHL sometimes I'm like, so you're going to call the penalty and the embellishment? Like, why not just call the embellishment? So it has to get called. It has to get noticed at some time, at some point, because it has been a few years now.

and the officials have been told about it by many of the countries. It's not just Canada. Don't think it's just Canada because it's not. But hey, she's effective and she's a great player. So you've got to figure out how to channel your energy when you're playing against her. You know, there's so many great young players on this team. And I wonder about, you know,

turnover for Canada as well and the Chloe Primranos on the horizon, etc. But on this USA squad right now, I haven't even mentioned, you know, Lila Edwards. And that shot just over, you know, over Aaron Ambrose, over Anne-Marie and René Debian, like, what a shot. And just such a powerful young defender. Here's the thing. I was not going to test a but I'm about this yesterday.

Okay, so the forwards are super speedy. Defense is outstanding. If you get by both, then you've got Aaron Frankel. Like, where's the weak spot here, Cassie? Like, I'm trying to think, like, strategically, if you're Canada here, how do you beat this team? how it's called heart you know

they're skilled they are the mighty Americans right now there's no question about it it's incredible to watch the talent on their team and you didn't even mention Carolyn Harvey

so like I mean she's pretty silly too don't let her walk down Main Street don't let her walk down Main Street yeah and be connected you know the thing with the Canadians

is you know and again I don't want to jump too far ahead but you have to play connected You have to win your one-on-one battles. You have to play smart. Like I look at a couple of the goals that they got. You know, one where we had two defenders go into the corner.

That's a mistake. One where we had a miscue off of face-off where two forwards didn't switch. One forward switch. The other one didn't. That's on us as Canadians, you know? So if you fix your mistakes, you get great goaltending. You get some finish. You play with heart.

You play with character. And I think for this group, in order for them to play with pace, they've got to be connected. They can't match the U.S. pace just mano and mano. And I think I'm allowed to say that. You have to be connected and you have to go up the ice together and back down the ice together. But listen, they're good. The Americans in 2002 were good, Jeff. They were the dream team.

They'd been centralized for four years. And we found a way to win. And it's just about finding a way. And it's funny. My husband was in Chicago at the HL All-Star game and he was saying he was watching NBC or wherever. he was. I'm not even sure exactly where the H.L. All-Star game was, but he was saying he was watching NBC

and Angela Ruggiero was on the panel and she said, hey, I don't know, after that game, she was saying, hey, I think we beat them our record was 31 to 1. She goes, I can't even remember that year. She goes, but all I can tell you is I have a silver medal to show for it. And so nothing is done here. No one's won, no one's lost, no one's lost,

no one's lost medals, and there's still a lot of hockey left to play. it's going to be one if it gets there and we all expect it it will some games in between obviously but Canada US it's funny too you know we keep saying like oh finally you know the world is

realized like on the men's side that Canada US is the best rivalry at hockey women have been there forever like this is not a new rivalry the women have been having this war for a number of years let me transition to the men's side here quickly I know you got things to do this afternoon but a couple of a couple of quick thoughts on not that you can pull everything out of one game,

but what stood out to you from the Canada Czechia game on the men's side? We had shutouts, we had goal scoring, we had great play. Canada flips the puck and keeps it in safe zones better than any team I've ever seen, at least in game one. What did you take away from that game?

I think that your first two hits of the game came from your stars, you know, Connor McDavid and Nathan McKinnon. I think the stone goal was a second effort board battle by Sidney Crosby. I think your stars led in ways, obviously offensively and the points were there, but they led in other ways that makes the other guys appreciate the other roles. And, you know, watching in commercial breaks, Brad Marchand would step over and he'd be skating

around and he'd be patting Drew Dowdy's pads. And, you know, Nathan McKinnon, who you know, Jeffrey, is one of the most intense guys and often not warm and fuzzy while playing. He was like fist pumping guys on the bench. I saw a togetherness that I think was really important when you have that many stars on the team. There was a real togetherness. Having said that, they haven't done anything. Like tonight, if they put a stinker against the Swiss, you know, like, they haven't done anything.

They've got to continue to build. You watch John Cooper on the bench. He's like a professor. He's looking down all the combinations. Who should I put out? Who hasn't had ice stuff? You know, you can see his mind just like rolling and rolling. They haven't done anything yet, and they've got to continue to get better.

It looks like Travis Sandheim's going to come in for the injured Josh Morrissey. And good news is that he played, I think, with Dowdy, Taves, and Pereco at one point during Four Nations, played both sides. So that's why you bring a guy like that, because he's versatile and he'll play with anybody. You know, we'll see how much ice time that he gets. And Shay Theodore is going to be elevated, of course. I just loved the vibe of it. And that to me, when you have so many talented superstar guys in a team,

I just like the vibe. I like that everyone was willing to kind of play any role, which I think is important to start this tournament off. And just some elite level plays as well. And I want to ask you about one goal specifically, which it's very rare where everybody's surprised, but the Nick Suzuki goal, I don't think that Dostal thought he was going to tip it.

I don't think Suzuki thought he was going to tip it. I don't think anybody in the arena thought that he was going to tip it. It was a mistake, but it went over to Estelle and it counted. Nick Suzuki finds the back of the net for his first career Olympic goal. Celebrini scores as well. Now, this is basically the Four Nations team with a couple of guys, you know, sprinkled in Tom Wilson, who was effective physically as well, along with Macklin Celebrini and Nick Suzuki.

And I thought all three of them, the new additions, did something that stood out. And I know Tom Wilson was physically. cast. I'm going to get your thoughts on this one. There was a play, I think it was in the first period, where Wilson had someone lined up from behind. And once upon a time, Tom Wilson would fill his boots. And what did he do?

He kind of like a little bear hug and guided him into the boards. And I'm like, anyone who thought Tom Wilson? We were up in the booth. And you thought, oh, here it comes, right? Yeah, we were all like, don't do it, don't do it. And then he didn't do it. Do you want to hear a funny thing that I learned post-case? game is Maclin Celebrini in his 53 career goals has had one deflected or tipped in goal.

Yet he worked on it all the time with Joe Thornton, all the time with Joe Thornton and, you know, obviously the San Jose Sharks organization, Joe Pavelsky, you know, like it, but he, you know, lived with Joe Thornton, they would work on it in practice, and he's had one. And isn't it ironic the work that he's put into it, the little amount of goals that he's had to do that way in the NHL, but then you're playing in your first ever Olympic game, and the work pays off. And that's the stuff that people kind of don't see behind

the scenes, is the work that these guys put in at their craft. And even Nick Suzuki, I debate whether he was trying to bring it to the other side and put it in far side, or if he read that the goaltender came off the post at the last second and he put it upstairs. Like, that's how smart these guys are

and how ahead of the play they are thinking. And yeah, it Honestly, this is the fastest hockey game. It was faster than four nations. Really? It's incredible. Yeah, I thought so.

And I know Kevin BX, I don't want to put words in his mouth, but he did mention that to us. He felt the same way, and he was actually there in person. So it was lights out. It was an incredible thing to be at. Fun to watch. I can only imagine what it's like being there. Cass, great to have you on again today.

Great to catch up once again. Look forward to catching up next week. Enjoy the game today and we will chat next week. You'll be well. Okay. Thanks, Jeffrey. Take care. There she is the great Cassie Campbell Pascall, joining us. From Milan, always appreciate Cassie hopping aboard today. By the way, hey, Zach, you like this one.

And I'm doing this without fact-checking. This is all just based on a message from our buddy J. Fresh. A bit of hockey hockey history trivia for you. Sydney Crosby hasn't played a game without the captain's sea on his chest since he scored the golden goal, 2010. 16 years and 1,250 games across the NHL and international play,

no one comes close in the history of the sport. Wow. When did he have, when did he get the sea with Pittsburgh? That's the other question. Like how long has it actually been both NHL and international? and here he is now. Wow, that's insane.

Because they were talking about captaincies for, it was the Czech captain. Oh, Robin Servenka. Robin Servenka. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And I just thought about it. I was like, well, how many could be at? This would have been Crosby's fifth if he had gotten it.

Because I was trying to think back to when Cervenka would have been with the Czech team for his first time. This would be Crosby's fifth time with team. with Team Canada had they not missed the two, and it would have been his fourth time wearing the sea with Team Canada, which, I mean, that's insane. That's a great one.

Okay, a couple of things here. Postgame today, Canada, Switzerland. Tyler Yeramchuk and Dan Riccio will handle our postgame show right here at our daily face-off YouTube channel. So make sure to check out that one. a little bit later on this afternoon here. All right. You ready for your shine spot, Mr. Seedog?

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Zach Shakespeare, go ahead. Well, as everybody knows, coming up at 310 Eastern Time, which you should be tuned in for the postgame following that one. But the Canadians take on the Swiss, and a lot of people seem to be looking at this one, thinking it's going to be a cakewalk for the Canadians. But I want to remind people, it's a hungry team over there on the other side.

And I think the Canadian. Canadians will find a way to break their will and smack around the Swiss here tonight. Got Timo. You were right about the Timo. Timo Meyer. Toma Wilson, break their will. Nathan McKinnon smack. I threw him in there.

I did stomp yesterday with Tage Thompson. So I had to, I was like, you know what, I could do smack with McKinnon. Page Stompson, yeah. That's the next time he wins a fight. Nathan Smackin. Yeah, exactly. Next time Nathan McKinon lays some. one out. Although, man, watching him go

Rhino at Rhino with with Goudis yesterday was fantastic. Holy smokes. That was. That was cool. All right. Big boys. Yeah. And then $5 will win you $179 and $7 on this one. Chad says not bad. So okay.

That was an okay one. I'm stuck to one game at a time here. The NHL ones are easier because I can go across a schedule. These ones I'm like trying to pick my way through one singular game, but that is it. You know, hang on a second. Hang on a second.

Artists need frames. Artists need frames. You know, the art stops. Life begins. Artists need frames. So it's probably better for you as an artist, as a wordsmith, clearly, to have these narrow frames and not a field of 32 to choose from here. This is actually going to make you a better artist.

Trust me. Trust me. You know, it's as a, as a, As I've always said, Zach, you know, I don't, these aren't words that I use when I'm on the air. I think of them more as sound shapes because I'm a verbal artist. It's a, these are sound shapes that I'm playing with. What's that thing that you say? Oh, look, there's my navel.

Oh, look, there's my navel. Oh, there it is again. Oh, I caught myself looking at it one more time. Oh, well. I want to end on this one, this picture of Charlie McAvoy. USA takes care of Latvia yesterday. Five to one is the final score. Sandus Vilmanus.

Before the break, of course, as we all know, catching Charlie McAvoy with a high hit. Some say deliberate elbow that should have been suspendable. I just thought it was a really nice touch here. A nice touch of sportsmanship between Vilmanus and Charlie McAvoy, as he wears the bubble for obvious reasons. The reason I'm wearing this is you, dumb, dumb, but bygones, be bygones.

We're all just hockey players here. I just thought it was a nice touch. I don't know if you have a thought on that as well, but things getting cooled off a little bit here at the Olympics. You have thought on that one? Yeah. I mean, nice moment between them to kind of hash that out, especially. The thing we never talked about, too, by the way, in the McAvoy situation,

was him putting out the tweet of his face and the video in slow motion. So good. It's tremendous. Well done. Just to say, hey, I mean, I don't know exactly what he said, and we'll have to hear from McAvoy on that. But for both of them to, I guess, say, hey, we're all good here. I mean, it's what it's all about.

Remember how. You compete in the fight, but at the end of the day, you're good. Putting that out by McAvoy, so you just reinforces one point. I don't remember if you remember, remember how freaked out, well, certainly the coyotes. But everybody in the NHL was when Paul Vissanette launched his Twitter feed. how everybody was a little young for lost their minds. They lost their minds about him like communicating online with fans.

We have Paul on to talk about the OG story about Biz Nasty on Twitter. But it was like attention critical around the NHL that there was an NHL player using social media. and it's like anything else. Like technology can use the forces for good or use the forces for evil. Or use the best thing for sports is use those forces for comedy, which is always the best because at the end of the day, like folks, I know you take it serious and all that. Like I always say to people like, do you get this angry when you vote.

Sports is toys are us, right? It's what it is. Like this is just like the fun part of your life. This is sports everybody. It doesn't. It doesn't mean. anything. They play for the cup every year. It's like you win the cup

and then that's it you're the chance. There's going to be enough. There's going to be another one. It's going to happen all over and over again. Trust me, it's happened every year since I've been alive and it's going to continue to happen for however long it does. But anyhow, it just sort of reinforced how everyone lost their mind. There's one thing. There's one thing.

China? You know, there's one thing. China? Taking it away? China. China could take it away. That's the one thing, Jeff. So you know what? Save for the Stanley Cup while we have it. It's a good thing we have the U.S. President to break that news for us and let us know what's up. Because our prime minister here in Canada won't let that happen, Zach. I had to remind you.

There's one thing. There's one way this could be gone forever. If for no other reason, it gives us a chance to recognize and represent and remember once again, Larry Kwong, who wrote the color barrier in the NHL with the New York Rangers from British Columbia. full respect, as always, to Larry Kwong. I know the shift wasn't as long as he wanted. In the time in the NHL, it was as long as he wanted. But for history's sake here, it does give us a chance to mention that it was Larry

Kwong, who broke it in the NHL. Anyhow, on that lovely note, thank you to Cassie Campbell, Paskill for stopping by. Thanks to, how did you get Dave, by the way? How'd you drag Dave? How'd you sober Dave up long enough to do a hit on the show here today in Jamaica? Well, I told Dave last week, I was like, you don't have to do this, man. Like, I know you're going away. It's all good.

And he said, no, I'm around. I'm doing hits. I said, okay. Checked with him yesterday. I said, are you sure you want to do this? He said, yep, I'm good to go. I checked again this morning just in case this guy woke up and had second thoughts. He's like, no, I'm good to go.

Okay. Appreciate it, Dave. So it's good to get him on here. But I did talk to Alberga this morning, and he goes, get ready for Dave's tan. and then it did not disappoint. That's a good one. Have you checked in with Nick throughout the week too? Has he been a puddle?

Yeah. Well, he's been Nick, but yeah, he seems good. He hosted at least when he take today, so I went on with those guys, but yeah, he was good. Rosie's not down there too, is he? No, no, no, no. Rosie's, as he called it this morning, I think he said, Alderta, was how he, how he's, how he said it. Alderta. Al Derta.

That's where he was. Yeah. Yeah. So he's at home. But he has, he has, like, grown up responsibility. So he can't just, like, piece out down to Jamaica for a week or so. That's correct. All right.

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