Elliotte Friedman

You know, we are still waiting for 100% clarity on Bruce Cassidy.

And what this tells me is that the Oilers don't believe they're going to be allowed to talk to Cassidy.

And while I can't say with 100% certainty that's true, I think there is legitimate reason for them to believe that.

If they...

You know, I know.

I mean, if they haven't been told 100%, they can't talk to them, then I'm not sure why they're racing to do it.

But I understand why they feel they won't.

But look, like, Bob, I think this came right from the top.

I think that right now, Daryl Cates, the owner, is flexing his muscles.

And when the owner wants to do something and the owner says, we're going to do something,

And I think he's the big driving force between a lot of what we've seen since the end of the season in Edmonton.

Well, I was at that press conference where Danny made that quote.

So what it says to me, Bob, is ultimately if Vegas wants to hold the line here, the league feels they're well within their right.

Now, Daly also did say that he said, let's see what happens after the season.

So he kind of left the window open.

Now, some people have taken that to mean they think that,

they'll reconsider after the season.

I'm not convinced of that.

But because Bailey did that,

It's sort of like that 1%, right?