James Myrtle

So, you know, you have Montreal, Buffalo, Philadelphia, and Anaheim, and on those teams, there are 14 players between those four teams that are 22 or younger.

There's sort of really young, like right out of the draft in some cases.

And they're making a big impact.

I mean, you know, just look at Leo Carlson with Anaheim and how well he's playing or Cutter Gauthier.

And the interesting thing, I think, with all four of those teams is that they're just kind of starting their ascent.

You know, like I think if you look at Montreal, like they're kind of in the embryonic stage.

I mean, they were one of the worst teams in the league two years ago.

Anaheim was, I think, dead last three years ago.

You know, Buffalo, we know where they've come from.

They've been bad for so long and they've accumulated so much talent that,

You know, it's finally starting to turn for them.

So I think part of what's happening in the league is that those teams that were so good for so long, that Tampa and Florida and Vegas and Dallas and Colorado.

I mean, Colorado is still hanging around, obviously.

But a lot of those teams, you know, they locked up their talent when they were good five, six, seven years ago.

And they gave them those long term contracts.

And those players are starting to get old.

And they're starting to like a, like a Victor Headman or a Barkov.

They're starting to have injuries.

They're starting to not be as effective.

And those teams have been trading their first round picks and they, they don't have a prospect pool to draw from.