Dominic Sramaty

I mean, he's been on this job for, what, about a decade now?

He's the second longest tenured coach in the league.

Part of that is his communication skills where he clearly gets along with the players, is able to maintain this type of continuity and longevity.

There is something to be said for having a fresh voice, undoubtedly, as we saw with Vegas and what they've gotten from John Giordarella during this postseason run, but it does feel like one of those the grass isn't always greener type of things where they would probably go to more of an old school hockey guy who's maybe won a cup previously and then...

Other issues would start popping up, so I'd be pretty careful if I were them, but I get that they're going to want to try to do something because their roster is relatively intact heading into next season.

Yeah, I mean, I was thinking about this if they were to go that direction and fire him, like where the best fit for him would be.

And pretty much any team would make sense, whether it was a young rebuilding team, because we saw him on the way up with the Savs team, or if it's one who's had postseason failures but is on the precipice of winning because he has won a cup with the Avs previously, and I do think he's still a really good coach.

Yeah.

Yeah.

I mean, oh, man, I'd love to hear that conversation between them asking for permission and being like, we're busy.

And they're like, it's August.

Yeah, it might be, especially earlier in McKinnon's career.

We saw those clips when he'd be freaking out on the bench and losing his mind and yelling at Jared Bednar, and I don't think a lot of coaches, particularly Bruce Cassidy, would take that.

Maybe at this point in his career, McKinnon would have a better grasp on that.

I mean, the thing about Bruce Cassidy is we know that year one, year two, you're going to get awesome results.

The defense is going to be incredible.

Everything's going to be so connected and structured.

So it would help them within their cup window, but...

I don't know, man.

I think Bednar is an awesome coach, and he's going to land on his feet wherever he goes, and we'll see.