Chris Peters

And that was the Buffalo Sabres at the beginning stages of the disaster.

Yes.

And so, you know, that was that was a disaster of a developmental plan because there wasn't one.

And that was very clear.

And so, like, I do think there's some of that goes on to the team.

But again, the player can often overcome that if they're good enough, if they have the mental ability to get through some of that stuff.

And I think in Lafreniere's case, it didn't click right away.

It was the first time it had ever been hard for him.

And.

he didn't really know how to handle with that adversity.

And he has, I will give him credit for adjusting and finding a role.

He is like relative to a number one pick.

He's never going to attain that value.

It's never going to be viewed as a good pick because of, you know, that's just the way it's going to be, but he is going to have a successful NHL career in that he's going to play for quite a few years and,

you know, be a contributing player.

So, you know, it's all relative in that way, but I do think that some of it comes down to maturity.

I think there are a lot of mistakes that we make in terms of the physical makeup of a player and saying, oh, this is, he has, he looks the part, but then all of a sudden the hockey sense isn't there, or, you know, he doesn't process the game quickly enough, or there's maturity issues and he's doing stuff away from the ice that, you know, doesn't help him.

There's so many different things that can go wrong.

And it's not always on the scouts.

It's not always on, you know, it's not always on the player.