Jason Bukala

I think actually they're going to draft 2D after they go Stenberg.

Now, having said that, if I'm them and I'm other teams, and I've got a sort of an elite team,

forward or a disgruntled top end defenseman?

I'm talking really high end.

I'm making a call to say, listen, I got this guy.

He's not long for being here.

You're on his list to be a potential destination.

Do you have any interest in this top pairing D or this top flight forward right now?

on your roster for picks two and nine, for example.

So I would definitely be all ears on all those types of equations.

I think it might be able to get you to six in this draft, and the reason I say that is because the run of defensemen, as you know, you and I have talked a lot about this, the run of defensemen, I think some teams are really splitting hairs on the value there, and they'd be comfortable going down to nine, and I've got Albert Smits at nine for me, so I think that it gets you as high as six where a team is going to feel confident that they're still going to get a guy at nine, but I don't think it gets you inside the top five.

I've got Valhalla going number three.

And I know that there's lots of noise around the obvious, and that is that his dad's been named the new head coach of the Vancouver Canucks.

know what stop you've seen it in your entire career head coaches in the national hockey league last on average around two and three quarter years some of them don't get to the third year some of them don't even get to start their second contract after they've been renewed so you have to do what's best for the organization in the long run and in this situation here i think the father and the son are both pros already now obviously the the father is but i think that the kale was buttoned up as a a very young mature athlete and

And he's going to be up to task.

Is it going to be unusual?

Is it going to be perfect?

No.

But is he the best player available?

Yes.