Justin Bourne

To me, I just think that you want to, you don't draft the guy who you think is going to be the best for your organization tomorrow.

You don't draft based on what is the safest.

You draft on what you think is going to be the best three guy or best guy in the best three in the next three years.

Yeah.

And to me, that's Gavin McKenna.

When I watch him play hockey, I go, that is such a unique skill set that he has.

You don't watch games and see a bunch of different guys like him.

I see Stenberg, and again, don't know him as well, not trying to profess that I do, but that feels familiar in a way of a very good hockey player.

The way that I see Gavin McKenna play in transition, the way that I see him on the power play, the way that I see him read the ice, the way that I see him...

stick handle at top speed.

That tells me like you hit on this guy.

You have one of the premier point getters in all of hockey.

One of the most valuable players in all of hockey, an untradeable guy in all of hockey.

So it's, I can say this.

It feels like a no brainer to me, like personally based on my like philosophy on the matter.

But I also understand why this is an open conversation.

And I don't think that he's like Celebrini or that he's like, uh,

uh elliot on his podcast liking that what the flames tried to trade three first round picks to try to get up in nathan mckinnon i know that this guy's not that in terms of certainty as well as skill but to me the skill is worth taking a risk and saying yeah that's the that's the guy you want to bank on that's the guy that can be a face of a franchise someday

That's it.

So we're all essentially in the same spot, which is... Well, yeah, I almost wish I could zag on this a little bit, but it's like...