Elliotte Friedman

And I've looked into it enough from when I first found out about it that I've heard several different answers.

And like I said, people are adamant that the version that they have is the truth.

And I'm not gonna call anybody a liar and I can't say that one person is right or one person is wrong.

I think basically the simplest way to answer it, Mike, is that, you know, the day before the deadline, we reported that NICE was potentially available.

And I think at that point in time, until it got out, there were only maybe one or two teams that knew.

And all of a sudden, everybody knew and it got crazy.

And sometimes that happens.

Sometimes you just run out of time.

And I think that's what happened here.

Now, in terms of who is responsible, both teams have to file something with Central Registry saying, hey, this is what we're talking about.

And you have to do it before 3 p.m.

Eastern.

And

You know, for example, the Toronto trade with Lawton to the Kings, I think that one legitimately happened at like 259.57.

Like I heard it was really close.

The Maple Leafs had two that were right up against it and the Lawton one went through and the Nyes one didn't.

And I think that just shows you that sometimes that day can be absolutely crazy and things like that happen.

Well, first of all, thank you for that.

Good question.

Part B is an absolute no.