John Shannon

And let's be honest, Bob.

Whether it's tomorrow or two weeks tomorrow, does it really change anything?

And the answer is no, it doesn't.

Well, and in fact, if Bruce was under contract for any team, and if he contacted a player, that would be conflict of interest.

The fact that he's not... He could do it now.

There are different ways to look at it.

I understand your logic about the 25th.

I think that...

probably the logic too that the golden knights are are holding and saying that yes but the level playing field is that all 32 teams aren't playing all 32 teams are planning for the draft all 32 teams are planning for free agency so do you because there's some people that believe edmonton los angeles will never receive permission are you suggesting that you envision every team will receive permission at some point yes i do

The caveat of you can't trade within your own division, I think, will be tossed aside at some point.

So there we have it.

Yeah.

Okay.

It's logical.

It makes sense.

But, you know, it's funny.

Everybody's been talking about how hard-ass the Golden Knights have been about this.

What the Golden Knights are doing, they are doing it by the letter of the law, which is, you know, and Kelly has been known through his lifetime, whether it be in the Western League or in the NHL, just to do things right according to the written word.

There's another guy that has always done that, too, and that's Lou Lamorello.

Lou Lamorello does things by the written word.