Jeff Patterson

Well, I feel woefully underdressed, first of all, a guy in the middle now without the sports coat.

I'm in the press box.

No, no.

Look, this is all about me.

I'm the one that feels I should step out and grab one, but I won't.

The other part is I like the segue here.

You guys talking about championship trophies, and then you come to a guy in Vancouver.

Not a lot of history and trophies out here.

Yes, their new head coach that was revealed by press release at 8.15 on a Monday night, the way that it's always done in professional sports.

Whatever.

I'm not going to hold that against them necessarily.

But clunky because Ryan Johnson is in Buffalo at the Combine.

And so I had to drop off a Zoom that he was doing.

And the press release said that Manny will make a public appearance here in Vancouver at some point later this week.

So it could still be a few days before we hear from Manny.

But yes, on the surprise front, absolutely none.

And look, I do think that he's probably the right guy for the job at this moment in time with the 32nd place team.

And.

you know, a history of working, playing with Daniel and Henrik and working alongside Ryan Johnson down in Abbotsford the last couple of years and starting to shape a lot of the guys that he's going to have on his NHL roster.

So this was never about going after a big name.