Pierre LeBrun
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His deal is not one of them.
So, you know, obviously a wake-up call for, I think, any coach in that position to want to negotiate that kind of language when they can.
But again, that takes two to tango.
Maybe teams don't want that in there for a reason.
They want to be able to control where a really good coach ends up and so on.
But it doesn't change what I told you last week, Bob, that legalities aside and contract aside, and I get all that part, but
You know, Vegas benefited pretty greatly from the Flyers saying, sure, just pick up John Tortorella's contract for the rest of the year.
We're good with that.
You know, I think that's the comment that I get the most from other teams around the league right now.
Yeah, I mean...
I guess so.
I mean, I can't speak from both sides of my mouth after what I just said with the gas situation.
I guess I look forward to hearing from Joe Sackett next week when he's coming back from a trip that he's going to meet the media in Denver.
I'm looking forward to hearing why they felt comfortable doing this.
You know, at the end of the day, this was a bigger opportunity, and I'm assuming a more lucrative opportunity that
Obviously, Colorado felt they couldn't match or felt that they shouldn't get in the way of.
So, yes, kudos to Colorado in terms of the spirit of the kind of fellowship that you usually see between organizations for allowing Chris McFarlane to pursue this.
But it's still interesting, Bob.
They're in the same division.
I mean, like...