Darren Dreger

I mean, we know that Oliver Ackman-Larsen wasn't able to finish the game.

And, you know, he's a tough dude, right?

Arguably he's been Toronto's best defenseman.

So when he went down in the first period, I think everybody's like, oh, no, here we go.

And then postgame we find out that maybe Brandon Carlo tweaked something as well.

So I think it's actually better news now, Brian, to be fair.

It was trending towards...

a negative and a higher sense of urgency for the general manager to bring in some form of stopgap.

But my understanding is as the day has progressed, both men are feeling better, and I wouldn't be surprised to see them in the lineup against the Vegas Golden Knights tomorrow.

Yeah, well, I'll bring Pierre into this, too.

He's been looking pretty much all season long and drifting back into the offseason.

And you're right, Brian.

I mean, when you look at how they've been able to keep this group basically together with duct tape, again, I repeat, Oliver Ekman-Larsen has been one of their mainstays, shifting sides, playing in the cave, you know, all of that.

My understanding on TANF, just to bring you fully up to speed there as well, man, he's working at it.

You know, this guy is trying to get to a place where he can return.

Now, there's no guarantee that he's going to be able to do that.

Far from a guarantee.

He's already been out long term, but it's something that we're going to have to continue to monitor.

In the meantime, Tree Living Pierre continues to kick tires, as we know, like most general managers looking across the market, in fact, scouring the market for some help on that blue line.

No, thanks for the tea up there, buddy.