Pierre LeBrun

and then really never got their legs underneath them last season.

There was injuries, inconsistencies, and they needed something to put their hat on.

So winning the first overall pick, I think, is something that's really positive for Leafland, and I think it's something that gives John Chyka and his management group confidence

some options now depending on whatever happens with austin matthews and and what you're going to do with the plan moving forward you you can't take that first pick away from them strutty and that's kind of i think what people are like okay let's get up off the mat here and if there is going to be a rebuild having the first pick doesn't hurt now all of a sudden that could help maybe help accelerate things and i think that's where people are at

All it entails is like, okay, in two years, McDavid's coming.

Matthews is going to be here.

Nate McKinnon's going to leave Colorado.

They're all going to sign for a million dollars.

And you're going to trade for their rights.

Troy Stetcher's going to get it done going the other way.

That's the type of asinine stuff I have to listen to on a daily basis when Joe from the Bridge and his cronies come in there and they start making things up.

So at the end of the day,

What you do have is Canadian teams that there's work to be done.

Outside, I mean, Montreal lost last night, and I thought they were kind of feeling their way through it a little bit.

Buffalo deserves credit.

But there's a lot of teams either licking their wounds or have to get right back to the table and get back on the horse, including the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Edmonton Oilers and the Ottawa Senators, the Winnipeg Jets, the Calgary Flames, Vancouver Canucks.

There's lots of teams that have work ahead of them, Strud.

Top six.

And, you know, you've got Nick Jensen coming off the books, so probably another right-shot defenseman that can play in your either 4-5 role in that situation because the Jordan Spence, I think, showed that he can push up.

but i i look at it every team has a wish list the problem is is can you execute it with the cap going up and a lot of these teams either don't have currency or they need some currency so when the market is going to be clogged i'll give you an example like