Ray Ferraro

Their first rounder in 2047?

You need some draft picks eventually.

They're not good enough that one player is really going to pick them over the edge into...

into being a legit contender.

They're eight points out of the playoffs.

And the problem they have is that the two wildcard teams are also two teams from the Atlantic.

So you can't even say, oh, they just have to get to third.

Like they've got to get to fifth, but those are eight points ahead of them, right?

Like they can't even leapfrog other weaker teams.

They've got to fight through their own division still.

um, in, in my mind, there is, there's a time to buy and a time to sell.

And this is the time to sell.

I, whether they want to or not, I think, I think there are times where managers get shoved onto the road that they don't really want to be on, but you have to accept that and say, this is where we are.

And this is legit.

What we, we can be there.

They're an inconsistent bunch.

They've been that all year.

You can say, oh, this homestand, they didn't have Nylander, which is a gigantic piece out of their lineup.

They're a way different team when he's there.

You remember the game, he got hurt.