Bruce Kerlock

Dreisaitl and Evan Bouchard and Darnell Nurse, right?

You're just not going to do that.

So you're going to... So you've got to replace them with players that... I almost don't care if the player is modestly outproduced by the player who's left.

If he's here...

and he's making $875,000 or $950,000 a year.

That allows the organization to fill other spots inside the roster that need upgrades.

And, you know, they've done it this year again.

So, you know, yeah, you've used McLeod maybe in a third-line role in the finals.

That's right.

For sure.

And, again, the trade was more about, you know, and I think this is always going to be the case, and this is why Szymanski makes a lot of sense for me, is you have two guys.

You know, you obviously have Leon locked in.

You're hopeful that you're going to have Connor locked in long term.

Line one and line two centers, that's filled.

So if you can fill it with someone like a Szymanski at a much less salary and get that performance, a plus performance out of him at third place.

third line center that's a win and then at the same time you do that you fill another spot which you know right wing scoring hasn't been great in this organization other than Zach Hyman right so which has been a mammoth win which was one of the best free agent signings of all time

But, you know, so now you've got a young guy.

Yeah, sure.

He had a quiet first game.

I mean, you know, I thought Ryan Murphy or Connor Murphy looked nervous.