Jeff Patterson

But every team needs somebody that can finish in the power play.

At $5.5 million, he scored 51 goals in two years as a Canuck at a controlled cost.

One of the all-time great talkers.

He's great to deal with in the media.

I think he's a good locker room guy, could fit in seamlessly in just about any locker room as well.

I think there's value to be had in Jake Dabrowski if I was another team.

poking around in the Vancouver Canucks.

And I do think that he is certainly open to the idea of moving on to a more competitive environment and not sticking around for the rebuild.

But for Besser, the game gets faster.

Foot speed's always been an issue.

I am curious to see where things go from here.

You know, just finished the first year of lengthy extension.

And so there's a lot of term and a lot of money there.

And

I don't know.

I just don't know how much interest there would be.

I mean, Brock's a good guy, but ultimately you're paid to deliver, and it's going to be interesting to see where it goes from here for Brock Besser as a goal scorer in the National Hockey League.

I got a couple.

One is, just stylistically, the way that Vegas put a clamp on Colorado of all teams, and we know what Carolina has done in the playoffs and is capable of doing, they're going to smother each other.

So I don't expect that there's going to be a ton of room out there.