Greg Wyshynski

I haven't talked to anybody that believes he's going to do time for this, but you never know insofar as being charged with some serious stuff.

But how is it going to affect his draft position?

He's a hockey player, friends.

It can only help.

Can you imagine someone like Bill Guerin of the Minnesota Wild being like, keep me away from Gavin McKenna.

He broke a guy's jaw with a punch outside a bar.

No, this is the sort of thing that endears him to NHL general managers insofar as his raucous toughness.

Remember, we're not too far removed from Joe Thornton, a young Joe Thornton.

getting into a bar fight back when he was just a skinny guy that passed the puck.

Then he got into a bar fight, and people were seeing him differently.

I wouldn't be surprised if there's a bunch of NHL general managers that look at what Gavin McKenna did here, and they're like, oh, I was unfamiliar with your game, sir.

The lottery works in mysterious ways, and there's going to be a bunch of really interesting teams in the lottery this year, including two New York teams, Florida.

There'll be a lot of teams that will have a shot at this kid.

They're going to be fourth in the East and they'll get the first overall pick somehow.

That's really funny.

I was saying this morning, the Penguins story is one of the most remarkable things I've seen insofar as where we all thought they'd finish and where they are.

We were all expecting at this point to be talking about where they're going to trade Sid at the trade deadline, but instead they look like they're going to be a playoff team.

It will all be worth it

If we get one more Pittsburgh-Washington playoff series, it'll all be worth it to get that.

I would be down.