Pierre LeBrun

Then Steve Simmons came with that heater question, which kind of painted them into a corner.

Everything was just noisy after that.

Now, that being said, the next day, they win the lottery.

And

In the next day, I believe that same day, correct me if I'm wrong, Ro, Chris Johnston writes an article in The Athletic saying that, you know, Austin Matthews not sure of his future, weighing out options or whatever it was.

I'm paraphrasing.

So there's just all this noise going on and all this angst.

And I think Hayes summed it up best, saying, you know, the Leaf fans haven't had much to cheer about in the last year, calendar year, when you look at really since they lost to Florida in such a terrible fashion on home ice.

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,