Darren Dreger

Well, that didn't seem to get a message through.

He's called out William Nylander publicly.

All right, can't blame Willie now.

He's not playing.

He has a leadership meeting yesterday.

Mm-hmm.

Well, everybody's focused.

Everybody knows what they have to do.

Okay.

And be okay with having uncomfortable conversations, right?

Brad Trillivan was willing to do that last year, not to go down the Marner path yet again.

But you talk to Mitch Marner about waiving his no move at the time because you acquire Miko Rantanen as part of that process.

All right, now we're all in.

We're all in one here and we're going to go, okay, it didn't pan out.

And now you're in a completely different stratosphere if it doesn't play out the way that Leafs Nation is hoping.

But don't be afraid to go to Morgan Riley and go, we're coming to you in the summer.

You know, you're protected by your trade coverage.

No problem if you want to wait.

But, you know, we're having this conversation now because it can't just be about managing the asset of Bobby McMahon, who's an unrestricted, or what you do with Scott Lawton, who's a pending unrestricted.

Have uncomfortable conversations, which I think they have to be and will be willing to do in the time.