Frank Seravalli

And he was really kind of one of the, I don't want to say pioneers, but he was at the forefront of

The defensive zone coverage that you see so popular around the league now.

And so, um, he's known as sort of this defensive mastermind.

And as the Toronto Maple Leafs, one of the first things John shake has said at his press conference was we need to vastly improve our defense.

I think that means not just personnel, but also the way they defend.

And so I think his coaching style is different.

He's similar in the sense that he has a relatively hard edge to him, like Craig Berube does.

Different personalities, too, like totally different personalities.

But look, again, not saying the Leafs are hiring him.

I'm just saying I can't imagine that these two things are completely unrelated.

Yeah, I mean, I say relatively awkward.

I'm sure seeing that news this morning in Edmonton was a shot across the bow.

Like, Hey, if we're serious about getting this guy, we need to press pretty hard today, whether it's on the league office to say that this is a situation where permission should not be withheld under any reasonable circumstances, or, um, you are resigned to the fact that you are.

if you're going to be making a coaching change, doing it with someone else.

And so I think that's kind of been part of their hang-up here is that they like Chris Knobloch.

They recognize that some change is probably necessary.

Now it's going to be relatively difficult to put the genie back in the bottle.

And also then the next question would be,

Okay.

So if not Bruce Cassidy, and now this has gotten to the point with Chris Knobloch that we can't bring him back, which to be honest, I thought was the likely case anyway, even before the news, but then who.