Doug MacLean

And, you know, he can compare it to where he was before, which is a nice, you know, asset to have.

But they don't make the picks, guys.

It's a myth.

They get blamed for them.

They get blamed for them.

But it's a myth.

They don't make them.

And anybody tells you they make them, they're lying.

I would say maybe it's a 50-50.

The thing is, when you're a GM or you're interviewing for a GM, first of all, the owner parades you around to his top executives in his company or in the hockey organization.

He may parade you around with that group to get a bit of a feel.

You have to meet his family.

I met Mr. McConnell's son, who was the same age as me, and it was one of the reasons he thought that would be good.

We could work together for a long time.

So that didn't work out so well.

But anyway, I think it's...

There's a lot goes into it, but a lot of it is with these owners, it's feel.

It's the feel of a guy that you think you can work with as long as the guy's got the qualifications, as long as you've got the qualifications to do the job.

And the qualifications are changing as we speak.

And when you see Sonny get the job there, the qualifications are moving around a little bit.