Jamie McLennan

I'm not leaving.

This is my team, my responsibility.

He did not do that.

He opened the door to speculation.

Honestly, it was kind of very similar to what Mitch Marner was saying towards the end of his tenure.

Now, Marner was about to be a UFA.

He's got two years left, and I'm not...

sitting here telling you I think it's for certain that Matthews is out of here, but he left the door open to anyone's interpretation, including the team's.

And that's kind of, he had an opportunity to put a stake in the ground.

He chose not to do it.

Well, I know, but you could get an answer.

The thing is, everyone says that we're not going to.

You could get an answer, Noodles.

It's his life and his career.

He could have said.

And the question that I think needs to be asked, and again, he may not answer it, is do you still want the responsibility of leading this team to a championship?

Because that responsibility holds a lot of weight.

It's not easy.

I heard Crosby was on with McAfee today, and he was asked about that when he arrived, and he referenced he got here, and there were a bunch of young guys in Pittsburgh when he arrived, and they all wanted the responsibility...

of leading that team.