Chris Pronger

And I think they've been searching for a replacement for Marner, and now they haven't been able to find one.

Well, to that point, Hazy, and that's the thing I think fans have to understand.

It always looks good a year out, like, oh, my God, this guy's going to be available and this guy's going to be available.

Very, very, very rarely is one of these top UFAs ever become available.

And God forbid they are available, there's 25 teams trying to get them.

And then they get their choice of where they want to be and where they want to go and where they want to live.

And who they want to play with.

A lot of it comes down to the fit and who they can play with.

Where they're going to live and all they're at.

We can talk about taxes, but that part of it, in my opinion, is about third down the list.

It's are you going to be with a winning program?

If you're going to move somewhere, you want to win.

You're going to get the money no matter what if you're UFA and you have all these teams bidding on you.

And then it's about the fit, who you're playing with, do you think you have an opportunity to win, and then you start going down the list of taxes and all the rest of it.

Well, I think it has to be.

First off, it already is a partnership in how the team has been set up and how they cater to the star and how they try to build around that player and put them in a position to succeed and try to win.

And if it's not working, then it becomes a conversation of, are you happy?

Do you want to be here?

Here's what our plan is.

Do you fit into that plan?