Brendan Batchelor

And then it's the opposite for Evan gold, right?

The pro is completely fresh slate.

Hasn't been here before, but maybe doesn't have as good of an understanding of the internal workings of the Canucks as an organization.

I do wonder if the fresh slate thing, when it applies to Elias Pedersen in particular might be valuable and not that Ryan Johnson would feel any sort of specific loyalty or

to Elias Pettersson because it wasn't him that signed him to the extension.

But as they navigate the rebuild and navigate how they're going to move forward, I think a certain sense of ruthlessness is going to be important.

And that's not necessarily with Elias Pettersson specifically, but with any decisions they make around veteran players and roster moves that they make going forward.

And so that's where I sort of go is someone that has no connection to these guys, right?

Like someone that didn't sign Elias Pettersson, someone that didn't sign Jake DeBrusque.

you know bringing that person in with a fresh perspective does that allow them to make some of the hard decisions that may need to be made here rather than than feeling that it'll reflect badly on them or badly on people they worked with if they were to move off of either one of those players just as an example and there are plenty of you know Philip Heronic is another example organizationally where the the previous regime made it clear that they were not willing to move him

even if some of the commentary around Hronik has been that it might actually be a really good decision for them to move on from a player like him.

So ultimately, these are the things we'll be able to debate and discuss once they make this decision.

But that's something I wonder about is can Evan Gold come in and if he is going to be the next general manager,

you know, not have to massage relationships with guys that he hasn't committed to himself and can just make the hard decisions that need to be made for this team to lean into this rebuild properly.

Yeah, I agree.

My counterpoint to that to play devil's advocate is that if it's,

Someone that's coming in, they may feel like they don't need to make a decision in the immediate term on that, right?

Like if you're a new GM coming in, you might go, well, I need to assess where Pedersen's at myself before I decide whether I'm going to make a massive decision and move off of him and trade him away or something like that.

And in fact, they might need something more decisive at the moment.

And ultimately, I don't know what the best path forward is.