Justin Bourne

But one of the big things when you're looking after this deadline, when we were totally underwhelmed by it and the true living ending and how it was feeling and all of that stuff...

I just think Leaf fans are waking up today realizing that regardless of what direction you're going to go in here, the options are there.

You have different ways you can go.

The rebuild, definitely on the table with a potential taking Gavin McKenna first overall, maybe building around him if you have to trade Matthews or have to trade Neylander, whatever that is.

Or the retool where maybe McKenna's playing on Matthews' wing next year.

Yeah.

Right?

Like, it's just the way that changed things.

It's unquantifiable for an entire group of fans that I just can't be happier for.

Correct.

Yeah.

The part of that where, you know, I can... I don't even really want to do this today because it's a positive day.

And I guess this isn't even really a negative take.

But...

The flip side of that for me is that if you were to trade Matthews, if he did want out, CJ said yesterday that there's a potential of him maybe not starting the year here.

He demands a trade, whatever.

If you get the package that people have talked about, like Utah or L.A.

or whatever, that's going to include first-round picks, right?

So I find it to be...

this white light of just... You have this asset.