Brian Hayes

I had to kind of...

Well, the coaches said there wasn't, but I think there is.

I think it's the Everett Silvertips.

They're a wagon.

I think they're a complete team from the goaltender through the blue line all the way up front.

They've lost two playoff games to date.

And yeah, Kitchener's good and Shikudomi's good.

And Colon has done a great job of putting a competitive team on the ice.

But I see Everett as the frontrunners here.

Now, we know that in

In a tournament, we can have teams that find a way to just get their level of play up higher, and that's what it's going to take to beat a good Everett team.

But, I mean, the Memorial Cup in Kelowna, I mean, there's a lot of history here with this franchise.

There's a lot of history with a lot of the excellent players.

I was just talking to Luke Shen.

You guys were talking to Luke previously.

You know, it's going to be a special Memorial Cup because of how many players have come through Kelowna, how many players have won, and the notoriety of such a great tournament.

Yeah, there's no question he has a chance to be a number one overall pick.

And you watch Landon play and defensemen do different things depending on what their skill set is.

I was exchanging notes with Ken Hitchcock yesterday and he was asking me, you know, what's the difference between Quinn Hughes and Lane Hudson and who's better?

I said, you know, Quinn does so many things with his legs.