Frank Cervelli

Patrick Waugh behind the Toronto Maple Leafs.

That's crazy, right?

Rain exploding.

Yeah, so that would be odd to see, but clearly he's a well-thought-of coach, and I'd be curious to see what he learned from his second

tenure as an NHL head coach and what experience that would bring to this role.

Peter Laviolette, not a shock that they're going to talk to.

Look, they've cut a pretty wide swath here in terms of people that they're talking to and investigating.

And I expect this to heat up in a bigger way next week after the combine when they bring people in for in-person interviews.

But needless to say that

of all the things that they're considering, including actually in Buffalo today for the scouting combine, what they do with that number one pick, getting and nailing this head coach will be a big part of it.

I just, I'd love to know what their thought processes are because they're not revealing it and they don't want coaches to go in with any preconceived notion of

Because I think the answer is they don't really know how is this going to play out?

Are they retooling, re-whatever?

How quickly do they envision being competitive?

Because that's going to determine, in my view, what type of coach they go after.

Should it be concerning that there are separate lists at this stage of the process, or is that kind of normal?