Frank Seravalli

And this is not a COSA question, but this is a larger question that I think we could have a field day over if we had...

a one-hour, three-hour show, or even if you and I talk daily, is are we building a collection of nice guys or are we building a team to win?

Well, if you want to use the limited assets that you have to go out and get a guy that can play goal for you in two years.

How about in a year?

How about in half a year?

Look, let's rein this in a little bit, okay?

Everyone gets so excited.

The Oilers need to be thinking only in a one-year chunk of time.

Sure.

One year.

And I'm not saying park everything else in the middle term and long term, but you only have so many assets that for this team and this moment in time, the only thing that matters is this one all-important season, which could be the last of Conor McDavid and Edmonton.

And anything else is secondary and a nice bonus to have.

Yeah, like every Monday.

Well, look, all signs point to Manny Malhotra being the top candidate.

There's no doubt about that.

And Ryan Johnson didn't really...

shade from that idea he didn't try and steer us off of it uh he mentioned manny as the internal candidate that they obviously have to take seriously my question is did something precipitate this haven't been able to get to that answer yet um did someone else did the toronto maple leaves for instance ask for permission to speak to manny malhotra which

Then press them to say, well, Hey, we've got a decision to make here.

Either we're letting him walk and go explore this opportunity, or we're going to step up and make sure that we keep him.

Uh, that is one question.