Jeff O'Neill

But I got a lot of clips I want to play today from Keith Pelley, who spoke a couple of hours ago, and obviously we're referencing what happened last night, Brad Treliving being relieved of his duties as GM.

And we'll get into the game to an extent, because it actually was an entertaining game.

But this is what Keith Pelley had to say.

about what caught them off guard this year, like why it went from them being in a position last year where he thought he had the right people in place and they were ready to pounce and have a very good season to the position they're in now.

This was Keith Pelley earlier this afternoon.

Well, and Montreal was in a playoff spot last year.

So was Ottawa.

That's what is concerning about a clip like that.

And I had a lot of concerns that came out of it.

Like, I'll cut to the chaser.

I thought it was a really borderline disastrous press conference.

Yes.

and I have a lot to say on it.

I'm sure you do.

Oh, I know you do, Frankie, as well.

But this is a double-edged sword because what Keith Pelley is saying within the organization, they had no read on the external expectations of a team like Buffalo and Montreal, and clearly they had no idea on internal expectations and analysis because if you just look at it like, wow, hey, man, we ended up with 98 points, but Buffalo had 99 and the Habs had 100 –

We didn't see that coming.

Okay.

You're one of the worst teams in the league.

What does it matter what Montreal and Buffalo are doing if you thought this was going to work?