Brian Lawton

I just don't.

And he certainly knows all the participants and is very close with a number of them, and there are certainly times when he doesn't necessarily love what's done, but at the same time, it's not really his responsibility at this stage.

A team has a right to deny permission.

for anybody.

Is it unreasonable?

That's a different conversation, not one that I think the commissioner wants to weigh in on publicly, personally.

Yeah, I mean, having been a former agent, you always love when you're able to influence the overall free agent market, which is essentially what you're talking about.

He could directly impact the future of a lot of teams.

He'll be a very popular guy.

I've been in a few situations like that with players.

And it's not always as rosy as you think.

Hockey is not like basketball where you've seen guys.

It doesn't take a lot of guys in basketball to move a franchise to the very top.

We obviously saw that with LeBron and the Miami Heat.

It really just took three core players.

Hockey's different than that.

It doesn't set up as well, but that doesn't mean people won't try or haven't tried.

We all remember when Paul Korean went to Colorado and he was going to have a super, yes, he moved Solani and it was going to be a super team and it never really materialized.

There were some injuries and stuff to be fair to them, but you know, this wouldn't be the first time.

My pleasure, Bob.