Elliotte Friedman

The thing that I'm concerned a bit about a little bit is, number one, to the Oilers.

Okay, so how about the players they didn't speak to?

Okay?

You know, like, how do the agents of some of the younger players feel?

How do the agents or the players who are not a core group, how do they feel?

And secondly, the other question I'd be asking for if I was the Oilers is, you're going to want to trade for guys, right?

When I was in Toronto, well, I've been in Toronto my whole life.

When Babcock was in Toronto, they had a chance to acquire Valtteri Filippola.

And he was just like, no, I don't want to do that.

So I think the one question I wonder if the others have been asking is, is it going to make it harder for them to get players from other teams?

I mean, like he's, like in terms of, in terms of,

Just knowledge of the game.

His knowledge is elite.

His game planning is elite.

Like, I remember when he was coaching Detroit, he kept a notebook that had every practice that he's ever won.

Notes of what drills did they use, what, you know, what.

What did they do in practice?

What were their goals that day?

I saw them.

Like, he's thorough.