Brian Hayes (host)

That's a big, big factor.

And they should try to keep them.

Like, why wouldn't you?

But it's complicated.

Like, how do you get that answer?

Because he's under no obligation to give it to you.

He doesn't have to give you an answer.

The owner, I'm sure, would love to call him up and say, do you want to stay or not?

He doesn't have to talk to you.

He's going to play.

He needs to give an effort, which he will every single time he plays.

But he doesn't have to give you an answer on the future, which makes it such a dichotomy and why it's so difficult and why we've been through this song and dance with other players and other teams in the past.

But I don't know.

It's dicey.

And you look at the division they're in.

You know, there's some really good teams.

The West is loaded.

You know, Colorado, they just keep winning.

And, you know, I happen to be in the bookmarks here where I saw that one Canucks stat.

I'm also looking at Mike Kelly's tweet from a couple days ago, our buddy Mike Kelly, who tweeted out that McKenzie Blackwood, Scott Wedgwood, back-to-back shutouts over the weekend as the Avs improved to 16-1-5.