Darren Dreger

You know, and then Keith made the comment at his media availability that said, you know, I'm not a scout, I'm not a coach, and I'm not involved in hockey operations.

But, you know...

You know, whether or not it was his place, traditionally speaking, in hockey operations, he felt at that point that he obviously needed to be, if not hands-on, at least witness firsthand what was going on.

And he spent the better part of two days in the war room around the trade deadline.

So that got...

some eyebrows raised, I would say, around the National Hockey League.

And, you know, I think there were certain elements around it as well that pointed fingers at Brad Troving and management for what they were doing or more what they weren't doing that struck a chord.

But beyond that, I think it was just how deep the dive was that resonated across the league.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Well, you know what, O-Dog is probably two different versions of the story, right?

And the one which was well-sourced in The Athletic, you know, isn't one person talking.

That's multiple people talking, I'm sure, to Chris Johnson and Jonas Siegel and James Myrtle, who authored all of it.

I guess in respect to balance, if you're Keith Pelley, and obviously he's never been involved in a hockey operations group before, he's never had a job of this capacity, and he's had big jobs running networks here in Canada and then on the European tour there as commissioner.

I mean, those are big, big executive positions.

So...

should we be surprised that he's asking questions about specific hockey-related decisions?

And I don't know what the answer is to that.

I mean, the traditional hockey person, I know you might be that guy who goes, you know what, that's not his place.

Ask questions before trade deadline day, and if you want to ask questions after, that's fine too.