Jason Brough

And you coined this the most enlightening clip of them all, and I do agree.

Here's Jim Rutherford on saying how the locker room, again, as currently constructed, is the best that it's ever been.

It was October, 2024.

Okay.

Two years ago.

I think it's a fair thing to bring up in light of his performance and body language and energy and all of it.

Yeah.

I think that there's a direct line, a correlation, if you will, between the amount of effort and energy and resources spent on trying to prop Pettersson up and justify the Pettersson contract.

And all of it comes back to one singular guy, and that's the president of Hockey Ops that...

Force that deal over the line.

I think that what you're seeing play out and it'll continue to play out is Rutherford understanding that he is on the hook for the biggest.

And as of now, most onerous contract that's ever been signed in the history of the Vancouver Canucks.

Just go back, do it chronologically, go back and look right.

Who is the one that tasked players to cattle prod Pedersen to play better?

Who was the guy that said that they had to orchestrate the trade of JT Miller because the rift between Miller and Pedersen was too big and too deep to fix?

who came out in the press conference and said that the vibe in the room was so poor because guys were getting bullied and picked on.

A dynamic that the organization itself created.

And then who at the press conference is now lowering the bar to where he said, Pedersen doesn't even have to be a 100-point player anymore.

All he's got to do is be 80.

82 points, that's good enough for us.