Brian Hayes (host)

He must be looking at this saying, guys, I'm leaving.

I love the tweet today.

Some veteran players available, but not yet for Quinn Hughes.

Why not?

He should be the first.

Right, because you can likely – I mean, listen, it's difficult midseason, and it's difficult with a hard salary cap.

It's tough to do.

But if I'm a prospective team out there, not named New Jersey, who everyone is connecting him to, but if I'm thinking, okay, in a year and a half he's going to New Jersey, July 1st, 2027 or whatever it is, that's where he's going, and if that's what he's planning, then so be it.

But you can get, I think, the second best defenseman in the world, certainly a top three defenseman or four defensemen in the world.

For a year and a half?

For a year and a half.

Two playoff runs.

Dude, that's – like, what are you not willing to trade for that?

Like, if you're, quote, unquote, in a window, you know, if you feel like you're really right there and ready to pounce.

And we could go through the list of teams that might represent that.

But, man, like, how could you not say –

You tell me, Jim Rutherford, what's it going to take?

Because if he's willing to come here for a year and a half, we're taking him because he's that good, and that's the definition of an impact player.

Nashville doesn't have that anymore.

Yossi isn't that guy.