Ray Ferraro

He didn't overhype a young kid who was just getting going.

And obviously, Schaefer took the minutes and ran with him.

The kid's amazing.

Well, okay, but I'll say just in general, like just living in Vancouver and watching what happened in Vancouver the last 18 months, trying to make moves to placate your superstar is not the way to go.

Because what if they don't work or you get stuck and you make bets on players that you might not...

wouldn't have normally done and the guy wants to leave anyway then what yeah right because i think there's a bit of a cautionary tale even though they're two completely different people what quinn hughes went through and what austin matthews is going through and i think if you're trying to do everything to make everything seem rosy for and around matthews i i just don't think it works that way because

Well, here's the thing.

We're not in those conversations.

Maybe he's given them a different indication.

But Vancouver clearly, they signed Demko, they signed Besser.

You know, they tried to bring in a veteran group around him, around Quinn, and it didn't work.

And then they have to trade him.

And now you are basically near the baseline of a rebuild in Vancouver.

And that happened fast.

The free agency thing, I don't have a handle on because I just don't see a lot of difference makers in the group.

So there's money available.

Like, I don't know, do you want to pay a guy worth $3 million for?

I mean, there's money to do that.

But does that make your team any better?

I think players will find more competitive offers, so it's going to work out well for the players.