AJ

if Erickson X is back, I would be fine with them front loading that top line, challenging the jets and trying to say, we're going to get an elite early and then we'll change our game plan based off that.

But I want to see more.

I want to see more because he didn't look incapable by any means.

I, he looked very capable and there were some bright spots in that game.

there was a conversation i think to be had where it's like do they want to get a center do they want to get a winger like what's the top score this this injury like it was our i think in my mind pretty pretty well lit like the path you should walk this injury to eric's neck and now him missing two games i think eliminates that other path completely i don't even care if it's a 50 goal scoring winger i i need to see a center i have to see a center on this team because

let's say even Eric Sinek is that Ironman, and he never... Let's just say he doesn't get hurt.

You're still pretty thin there.

Yes, you are.

And think about the depth.

I think you're right.

He belongs.

He looks like he belongs.

But the thing is, he's also... What is he, 22?

Right, exactly.

I think if we were talking about his game in four years, when he's 26, he might be a top center.

He might be a one-and-a-half center.

He might be... Right now, if you...

Acquire a center who you can put on that top line, centering Kaprizov and Zuccarello.

You have that second line with newly found help, Jule Eriksson-Eck.

And then that third line is centered by Danilo Yurov.