Darren Dreger

I don't know.

But where is the pressure to do it coming from?

We know it's not coming from Bettman's office.

You know, I asked somebody close there, and I think they've touched on it publicly, but I was told it does not offend my sensibility.

Well, and look, let's go back to where we started on this and the competitiveness of Kelly McCrummon and George McPhee.

Both super competitive guys who had a front row seat to watch Bruce Cassidy coach at arguably his best with the Vegas Golden Knights.

You think Kelly McCrummon likes firing people or George McPhee?

They didn't want to fire Bruce Cassidy when they fired him.

They did it because they felt like he had squeezed, I believe they felt like he had squeezed

More than he could moving forward out of each individual player, and they didn't have a choice.

So that, so you make the tough call, you bring in torts, but you also recognize that for the first few years that Cassidy was working as head coach of the Vegas Golden Knights, man, he got a lot out of those guys.

They won a championship with them.

So they don't want that to happen for Edmonton, and I can appreciate why.

Oh, just warming up for another hot zone.

Yeah, well, look.

I mean, I'm not pointing fingers at how leaks occur.

I mean, that's part of what I do for a living and have done it for a long time.

That's where it really came off the rails, right?

Because in the perfect world, if...

The Vegas Golden Knights give the Edmonton orders permission to get to Bruce Cassidy.