Peter Laviolette

But I do realize, though, when the games are big, when some things are big, it's the responsibility of the coach to kind of jump in there and say, hey.

We got a big one tomorrow.

This is for first in the conference, or this clinches our playoff spot, or we're in the playoffs, so knock it off.

You know what I mean?

And hopefully they listen.

Yeah, I mean, it was a crazy week for sure.

You know, the best player thing in a GM, I think all that's going to work itself out, and I don't really have the input on that.

The new GM getting named, and so that's a lot of talk and a lot of conversation in a city like Toronto for sure.

I mean, for me, kind of the icing on the cake for the week was getting that number one pick overall, watching the draft lottery.

It was actually really cool to watch it.

I'm down here in Florida and I'm out of it a little bit.

I'm not in Toronto.

And so to put that on and watch that and how it happened live and for them to get it, that's a huge pull.

I mean, that's a huge pickup because they do have, you know, their last pick was Austin Matthews, right?

Number one pick overall, wasn't it?

Yeah.

and so that they they have him and now they go and they get you know potentially another star player like him to to come in and probably probably provide immediate help for their team so you pick up a young player that could be with you for you know 10 15 18 years whatever it might be and so that's just a huge that's a huge pickup on a busy week for toronto i'm sure any coach who was watching that was jumping through the moon because

He's clearly the consensus coming out of it that I'm reading and that I'm seeing.

He's the number one coming out of it, and that's a big boost for your lineup.

You get a young, big player like that that can produce, that's good stuff.