Brian Burke

This is an offseason where there are opportunities for Steve Steyos to make tweaks in and around his roster.

And the Brady Kachuk element was just another thing.

It ends up getting accelerated to the top of that list.

But that's one of many things that had to get dealt with

for the Ottawa Senators to get better.

And there's no way I think Steve Stahels has done ahead of the draft on Friday.

I'm curious to know what's going to happen with that 25th overall pick.

Are they seriously going to pick with that pick?

Are they going to move it in any way?

Like, I have a lot of questions.

You know, I thought that... I kind of thought that they would package the pick that they used with San Jose on the Eklund deal to try to move up, knowing that... And again, like...

This was Michael Ann Lauer's junior team.

Steve Steyers was the general manager.

They have had so many viewings of Caleb Malhotra all season long that I'm like, okay, you can see this coming a mile away.

They're going to try to get up even higher to grab Caleb Malhotra one year at BU, then on the Ottawa Senators, and off we go to the races.

But the name you bring up in Mason McTavish is a fascinating one.

For the Ottawa Senators, again, I'll go back to the Bulldogs this time, Hamilton.

And I believe, correct me if I'm wrong, you know, I think Mason McTavish, after the Peterborough trade, lived with Steve Steyos, stayed with Steve Steyos for the remainder of his season and going to the Memorial Cup with the Steyos family.

So there is an association there.

Look, it's not working out in Anaheim.