David Pagnotta

People already have McKenna jerseys running around town.

You know, this is what's interesting to me for this situation now.

Aside from the additional changes that have to happen and the eventual conversation, I think after Berube next week, I believe Cech is going and maybe Sundin as well is going to Scottsdale to meet up with Austin Matthews to have that conversation in person.

But with all of the hype around McKenna already, he's not even a Leaf yet.

With the way that they're going to look at this and analyze, and is it him?

Is it Stenberg?

Is it whatever?

From a marketing perspective, do they almost have to already go with Gavin McKenna?

I'm curious how much, if any, because Keith Pelley said he's hands off.

Okay.

If you are...

Are you influencing?

Are you going to influence the decision because of the business side of it and the marketing side of it afterwards?

Yeah.

I wouldn't be shocked.

Yeah.

And how does that decision then affect the captain's perception of their neck, at least the next two years?

There are a lot of other, there are a lot of factors that are going to come into play here.

A lot more balls are going to drop or bounce or whatever.

They shut up to, to, to this whole,