Austin Bechtel

Yeah, but I understand why they're not in.

It would be cool to see Malkin play in one more Olympics because I'm pretty confident he would have been on the team, right?

Oh, yeah.

Well, it depends on if you're trading Rust or Raquel in a package to get Robertson.

Then you're technically buyers and sellers.

They could be buyers or sellers to acquire another piece, probably another winger, maybe an extra defenseman.

to the point where they do that, but they also trade off an expiring contract, maybe to acquire a prospect or a draft pick to be able to acquire something else.

That's more than likely what's going to happen because they do have a decent amount of expiring contracts.

If somebody blows you away and offers a second round pick for Anthony Mantha, do you take it?

Unless you parlay that second round pick to go and get a forward that is under a contract of two or three years.

A longer term deal.

I think you'd be lying.

When you're not putting parameters on what they're giving up, yeah.

Like when you say, do you want them to take a big swing?

Of course I want them to take a big swing.

But then when you include, hey, the big swing includes giving up Sergei Miroshev or giving up Harrison Brunick or Ben Kindle's got to go, then no.

They shouldn't.

No, I think they got— He needs to be the next Brian Rust for them.

Are you giving me a first-round pick?

If somebody offers a first-round pick for Stuart Skinner, he's gone.