Jamie McLennan

Yes.

I hear you.

Yes, it is.

It's a crutch.

It likely would be.

Okay, well, I'm just telling you, if you think this team could turn it around and go to a Stanley Cup final, I'm sorry.

You're sadly mistaken.

Well, I need some preparation to think what I was going to do.

But on the fly, my first thing would be to go to Austin Matthews and say, are you okay if we're not that good for a couple years or a year or whatever it's going to be?

Because that would be the first thing.

If he says, I'm not really into that, then you got it.

Then you've got a situation on your hands.

Yeah, and that's what I said before, Jamie.

If you're in this position with them on your roster, why do you see the value in retaining them and giving them more money than they're making right now and bringing them back?

As much as I like Bobby McMahon and Scotty Lawton, everyone else who figured out that they just don't have it, they move pieces.

The Boston Bruins traded Brad Marchand.

So if you feel some attachment, like you have to have Bobby McMahon and Scotty Lawton, you're insane.

Possibly, Jamie.

But like I said, the Boston Bruins looked at their situation.

They went to Brad and said, here's what we think.