Jonas Siegel

No.

Clearly, the schedule has been insane, the team's older, but he believes it's a factor, and he got into all the reasons why, and you can read the story, but I think he makes a very valid point, which I agree with.

And is doing so based on their credentials, based on their authority.

So it's not just like the team wants to practice and the data is saying, like, man, these guys are tired.

They shouldn't be practicing.

You need someone in that position to be like, who is the authority to say to Craig Berube or Brad Treliving, it can't happen today.

This is a bad idea and they need to rest.

And to be clear on that point, the way for this to work anywhere, you need the people in positions of authority, the head coach, the general manager, you need those people to be behind it.

They've gone backwards, basically.

So what I would say to what he said, and I talked to him as well.

He was not happy, as you might imagine.

This is... Yeah, I'm sure you guys have had calls once in a while.

This is the most valuable team in the NHL.

They are worth, I believe, I looked at Forbes, $4.4 billion.

They should be looking for every possible edge that they can have that doesn't exist within the salary cap.

They can spend whatever they want on everything else.

So when their sports science director leaves, the sports scientist who works with him leaves, you would think that they would be like, we are the Leafs.

We can do whatever we want.

We should scour the globe and find the best possible person for this position.

Because maybe it gives us a 5% edge in keeping players healthy.