Elliotte Friedman

Hurdle breaks the slump.

So we know that Pavelski, yes, as a coach would.

So we know that Pavelski is a slump buster.

He is a motivational genius.

He's seventh round pick who had an incredible career.

And the other thing is, and this is the tie-in, as you know, Martin Saint-Louis, before he was hired by...

the Canadians was coaching minor hockey.

And what does Joe Pavelski do?

He coaches minor hockey with the Madison Capitals.

And one of the players he coaches is his son, Nate.

So I don't know where this is going to go.

I tell you this, I have heard that Pavelski is legitimately interested.

I don't know how it all started, but I have heard that he will be in that next group of candidates.

And yes, I know it flies in the face of what I said last pod, but I do think that was part of the Maple Leafs thought process.

Maybe they need experience.

I believe some candidates who were cut were told they were thinking about experience, but then I had someone who said genius.

You're not entirely right.

Cause there's someone else there's looking at who's a little bit different.

I am very intrigued by this, very intrigued like this because everybody at hockey holds Pavelski in extremely high esteem.

So I am really interested in seeing where this goes.