Craig Button
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4,107 appearances
18 recordings
2 series
first heard Mar 2026
last heard 4d ago
Craig Button’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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You start to identify a group of players.
Let's just say there's the potential restricted free agents that you think might become available through trade, younger guys, unrestricted free agents.
So you build a list and you look at it and then you have your desired player.
So you build a list and you start to say, okay, we have this list of, why don't I just use a simple number?
We got 60 guys and we're going to track it.
Well, to me, it's no different than tracking a draft.
You're not tracking the 2020-10 borns.
You're tracking the 2008 borns.
You're keeping an eye on the 2007-2006 borns that might have gone through a draft, i.e.
Bryce Pickford, who went through a draft.
Bryce Pickford could be that right-side defenseman in a year or two.
Who knows?
So that's how I – when I talk about professional scouting, that's where I – I would take – and put it in the – here's the group of 60 we're watching, and we're going to watch them just like we watched the 2010 Bournes for the 2028 draft.
Yeah, I think you go in and examine different things.
And when I say I don't agree with it, I'm just saying I don't think, in my view, that players like Gooley, players like Matheson, players like Newhook were given enough credence for their importance to the Montreal Canadiens.
Now, listen, as a manager, Tony, I was very clear.
If I could improve the team, anybody was available.
I would discuss anybody if I could improve the team.
The challenge is that when you're talking about those three players specifically, you better be improving the team.
You better not just be looking to change it.
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