Darren McCarty

And I don't think he got the upper hand by not getting some games this year.

I'm first of all, I love that you have like that opinion.

Cause it's different than mine.

And I just, I'm assuming that they're saying, Hey, the option of you coming in and playing games in the NHL, given our situation this year is not on the table.

Um, his college season is over.

If you want to play high competitive hockey with Providence and prove that you can do it against men and stronger competition, that is not only going to set you up from an organizational perspective where I feel like, like Boston fans are probably like loving this kid right now based on those quotes.

Right.

So he's already in their good graces and, and they're, they're licking their chops to see what he can do, um, with Providence and, um,

Who knows, man, a guy or two goes down and maybe he's the guy who eventually ends up getting called up right now.

At this point in time, he assigned an ATO and that's just for the Providence Bruins.

How does that affect moving forward?

If let's say next year, they're like, Hey, you know, more than likely you're not going to start in the NHL.

Could he go back to college?

He would essentially have to self-fund his time in Providence, right?

I think the variable of them being able to compete for a Calder Cup, like I talk about how Adrian Kempe came over, probably with like, what, five, ten games, regular season, maybe remaining.

Don't even know if he ended up hopping in the lineup for any regular season games with Manchester, and then ended up having, I think, you know, ten goals in playoffs and really helping us win a Calder Cup, so...

Just gaining that experience playing with other really good players probably factored in where if this is a bottom five team, is he going to Providence to play the end of the regular season?

Probably not.

That's not going to fit his interest.

So playing high-level hockey in the AHL is going to be very beneficial in gaining experience in a short amount of time.