Mike Johnson

But I think that all sort of it all sort of factors into it.

But yeah, no one's going to be perfect, but you can't miss badly.

And I think you could look around the league and see and and this is not Monday morning quarterback.

We could talk.

I think I was on air with you.

Oh, when Trent Frederick signed and I almost fell off my chair and I said, it's not that Trent Frederick can't be a good player.

I just don't know why we're giving fourth liners eight year contracts.

I don't understand why we would do that.

I don't think you need to do that.

This is not something looking back.

In the moment, some of those questions were raised.

Sometimes you're right.

Sometimes you're wrong.

In these teams that are so close to the cap, in their window to compete...

The punishment for missing badly is significant.

And in the Oilers case, I mean, franchise altering significance on these decisions and what happens this summer heading into next based on what Connor McDavid may or may not do with his own future.

I don't think it matters.

It's probably case by case, but I think the NBA has big players moving all the time.

It doesn't seem to hurt their league.

I think player empowerment and players deciding where they want to go and not sort of sitting and taking a situation just because they happen to be under contract.