Darren Dreger

Why can't that sort of leadership in your front office hockey operations drift over into coaching?

Why can't it?

So I have time for inexperience.

But for me, it depends on where you're at as a team.

If you take it back to Edmonton, I think they need somebody who's already proven that they can drag that team over the hump.

And it gets complicated.

You mentioned Manny Malhotra, though.

And now that you say that, and I've had a minute or two to digest, I do think that there are...

People pay attention to what Steve Ott did in taking over Springfield.

In a relatively short period of time in the American League, right?

In the St.

Louis organization.

There's a guy that people are talking about.

Ryan Craig.

Vegas is pretty stingy with letting their people out of their deals.

And you know what?

Ryan Craig might be the next coach of the Vegas Golden Knights.

Let's see what they do with John Tortorello.

But for me, you have to... Because the door has been kicked open on...

Some of these outside-of-the-box hires in management, why can't that drift into the possibility of coaching at the NHL level?