Elliotte Friedman

But he wanted this job and they were not going to let

let Toronto get him, that they wanted to make sure that as much as they may have liked some other candidates, and I do think they wanted to talk to some other people initially, they jumped on him.

Two hours, that's a long time.

That's a long time.

You know, we sit here for two-hour podcasts, and I zone out and start glazing in the middle of it.

So, you know, I can't imagine what Sheldon Keefe and, I don't know, he's sure talking about for two hours.

No, I think we can jump ahead.

Yeah, so first of all, Mehta was obviously a contender.

There were several people that told me they'd heard his name internally.

So he was clearly a contender.

And so now we'll see how they adjust their group.

And so some of the other names I've heard, Gillis, obviously, Mike Gillis,

that's everywhere.

I think, I think his this week was zoom, but he has met with them in person before, uh, John Chayka, Chris Pronger.

I believe the two current acting general managers, Ryan Hardy and Brandon Pridham got interviews.

I think Ryan bonus from the Islanders has been interviewed.

I'm not yet sure about Gregory Campbell.

Um,

I'll mention it again.

Ryan Martin interviewed in Nashville.