Jason Bukala

Sure.

Anze Kopitar was 6'4", listed 6'4".

But, like, I swear he took up the entire ice.

Yes.

And there was a difference because of his length.

between like him as an elite defensive player and David Backus is an elite defensive player, you know, in any event, I'm still sort of trying to figure out how you parse this, but kind of where I'm coming down is like, I think there's this tier of clean bets and that's sort of how I'd frame it after McKenna.

I think McKenna is the cleanest superstar level bet in the draft.

Yeah.

And I think he's in his own sort of group.

And then I think there's this group of, I would say, three that I think are really clean bets with a very high floor and upside combination.

And I would put Bjork, Stenberg, and Carson-Carls in that tier.

And then I think there's this group of maybe their upside is higher, but they're scarier bets to me.

There's less certainty on floor.

And that I would put Verhoff, Malhotra, and Chase Reed.

I would put them in that bucket.

Okay.

And then I'd put Schmitz in his sort of own bucket and Rudolph kind of in his own bucket too.

And it's a tricky position for the Canucks to be in because... And Schmitz, by the way, to me would be a purely such... Like, if I was a team ready to win, like, even if I was San Jose...

I think I can plug this guy in to play top four minutes.

Now, San Jose's probably got a longer trajectory, but certainly if I was a team like Florida, what can Florida do if they have a ready-made NHL top four guy with a three-year run in the midst of a cup window on an ELC?