Nick Alberga

And a year ago, their back end and their goaltending was like the backbone of the operation as to why they got to game seven against your Florida Panthers.

And all of a sudden, it's like, no, we got to reimagine the entire blue line.

I mean, if in a perfect world, you're bringing in a couple of pieces.

You know, Morgan Riley's been with the organization for, I think, 14 years now, and it seems like we're headed down a route where Morgan Riley is going to be moved on.

He's got a full no movement clause, so he'd have to exercise that right, which it sounds like that won't be an issue.

I think he's open to the possibility of moving on as well.

So I think that's probably the one thing aside from, as you guys mentioned, getting Gavin McKenna and complimenting that top six, if you will, especially something they've lacked since losing.

Mitch Marner never really replaced him, is looking at that blue line and finding ways to improve that blue line with a couple of different pieces here.

I thought it was weird, and I should preface by saying nobody in their right mind, including myself, has any clue what is or isn't goaltending interference in this league anymore.

But watching the replay, and I think the broadcast specifically I was watching, was confused by the player who was identified.

I think it was more the jab, and I wondered about as soon as I saw that, I'm like, is Tortorella and the coaching staff in Vegas seeing the same replay?

Because right away when I saw that,

Again, the consistency has been off with with what is and what isn't goaltending and goaltender interference.

As soon as I saw that, I'm like, it's unlikely that that goal is going to count.

And I think it was a risky proposition.

It was probably calculated for Vegas like, hey, we potentially could win the cup if this goal is allowed.

Like, I truly feel like if Vegas goes up to cup in that series.

It's over.

And then you look at Carolina struggling power play.

So from that perspective, it made a lot of sense.