Iain MacIntyre

And if it's driving people nuts in Vancouver how well he's doing, and I know it is for some, I'm afraid you better get used to it because he is,

a generational player.

I don't know that he's ever going to be considered quite as good as Makar.

And I know that drives him too and that bothers him as well.

But he's a really special player and he's got a lot of years left at being one of the very best players in the world.

Well, yeah, I was hearing that there was something going on back in that.

I thought I was, you know...

I wasted a day of research on Evan Gould, apparently, to figure out him.

And I know that some people were reporting that that was a fact, that he was coming in and it never transpired.

I mean, if this is the way it is, I'm happy for all of those guys because I think they're exceptionally high caliber, high character people.

I think that counts for something right now when you've got a franchise at a low web and you're trying to build credibility and you're trying to build a culture.

But apart from that, you know, whether it was going to be for the Canucks, whether it was going to be for another team next year or two years down the road, Ryan Johnson, I think, is ready to be an NHL GM.

And he has a fairly diverse background.

So hasn't worked on the scouting side, but worked on the player development side.

worked on the player personnel side.

He has worked on trades in hockey ops.

And, you know, the last couple of years, as Alvin's basically right-hand man, he's been involved in everything.

Now, I know that there's an argument that, well, if he's been involved in everything and look where the team is, why are they hiring him?

And, of course, you could say the same thing about the Sedins.

But I would say in the case of Brian Johnson...