Kyle Bukauskas

You know, the names that were there.

Yes.

Right.

They aren't no longer.

But they they did that.

So that goes hand in hand.

And I can also say, too.

And I also think, I don't, with Dreisaitl, and McDavid too is an extent, but we know Dreisaitl to be an honest, blunt person when it comes to this stuff, which we very much appreciate.

I didn't see that as a big five-alarm fire.

Like, if anything, that was the best thing that could have happened for the Oilers.

If he had gone up and sat there and said, you know, I mean, it just was a tough year.

We played a lot of hockey, but after a summer of all of us being able to get

healthy again and feeling good about ourselves, we'll be ready to go in the fall.

That would almost be more concerning.

The fact that he's going, there's more underneath the surface that needs to be corrected here.

I can only look at that as the healthiest way to look at it if you're actually going to make change that's going to do you good because it's no secret, whether it's contractually or just simple, the way

the passage of time works, you're starting to get in a situation where you're up against the clock a little bit, right?

The two-year extension for the captain kicks in next year and just nothing is guaranteed going forward.

So instead of trying to sweep anything under the rug to be able to sit there and go, we took a step back this year and we need to have a good, hard look and honest conversations internally about how we're going to go about fixing it.

That's the only way you can actually tangibly make the type of improvements that they are looking at trying to make.