Ken Boehlke

The way they're leaning into it right now, and it's great that they found it at the right time, but, you know, with Eichel, with Carlson, it feels like they should always be so sturdy down the middle, and

obviously you throw in Stone and now you add in Marner like the checking ability of this team it was very evident in games three and four against Colorado it felt like they should have always been able to unlock this during the season

There was a time in NHL discourse where we would say the most underrated player in the NHL was...

Alexander Barkov and then eventually wins a couple of cups and it's like okay we can't keep having that conversation and I know Jack Eichel's already gotten a cup and I know he's a high profile player with a high profile market and high profile trade there's been a lot of focus on him but in a conference with McKinnon and McDavid he I think sometimes goes under discussed and even if the stats don't look so flashy here he is going to his second Stanley Cup is he like sneaky underrated despite everything

But it's just believable enough of a lie.

All hands are on deck.

We're not answering phone calls.

Then the Oilers are like, we had Amazon Prime in here, right?

We were answering calls all the time.

It is a great point there too as well by Ken about like, look, they probably want the $5 million off their books.

As much as Vegas spends a lot of money, does all these things, there's an element if you can save people $5 million just so a guy can coach.

It's like, they'll do that.

Although right now, if you're Bruce Cassidy, the longer this drags on, if you're another candidate for Edmonton, aren't you like, well, I guess I'm not the first choice.

But if you're also Bruce Cassidy, don't you kind of know?

It's like, hey, look, you can stroll into that Edmonton interview, ask for whatever you want.

They're probably going to say yes now.

Yeah.

So it's actually like, as frustrating as it can be for him, you want the confirmation for it.

It is kind of a way of like his leverage is growing every day with Edmonton.

I would just be surprised if one of those teams that was just referenced there...