Chris Johnston

So that put him, believe it or not, a notch ahead of, say, Laurent Bressois, whose injury history I think spooked the Ottawa Senators.

But it was more about the support role of James Reimer than anything that attracted him.

Ben.

It has to be.

I mean, cap space is everything, right?

So there's been whispers around.

Look, I believe the Carolina Hurricanes, as an example, do still have interest in Elias Pettersson.

They do.

But...

They probably had more interest a year ago.

Two years ago would have had more interest.

And what has to go back?

Well, that's, for me, you know, Vancouver wouldn't have interest in Yusperi Kokkiniemi.

Why would you?

Right?

I mean, at best, he's a third-line center.

At best.

even though they're still weak up the middle.

He has two years remaining, but I think they'd be okay taking Kotkiniemi back from Carolina if Pedersen is going the other way because he's a boatload of years and a ton of money remaining on that massive contract extension.

So I think he's still going to be a tough sell.