Jason Bukala

I want to win a championship.

And to me...

To me, he had two choices, wear the flag and leave your teammates behind because not all those guys will get that chance to wear the flag, or do right by your teammates.

Doesn't that speak to character to you guys?

To me, that said something.

I thought that was great.

No, same sort of, I don't even want to call it noise.

I want to call it conflicting strategic opportunity.

That's a mouthful, I know.

But, you know, you're looking at the Malhotra thing.

Here's the thing with Malhotra.

If he is the best player on the board, you have to separate him.

First of all, in my career, and I don't know, you guys tell me, have you ever seen a first-time NHL head coach who, by the way, is also going to have a chance to maybe coach his son in the same year, like the same cycle?

I've never seen that.

This is a real –

This is a real anomaly.

But what you have to do is you have to separate the reality of the business and the team building from that whole other story because that's what it is.

It's a story.

Is Manny Malhotra a pro?

Everybody knows how great a pro he's always been.