Rick Stephens

It's likely that, well, we'll see, but the Columbus pick will likely be better than the Canadians' second round.

And so that's the one L.A.

chose and they agreed on.

Now, there's no salary retention at all by the Kings, which, you know, makes that makes that difficult.

that pick a little bit steeper, that price that they paid a little bit steeper.

So Phil Deneau, the Canadians are on the hook for the prorated $5.5 million that he makes.

Of course, he's not earning his paycheck these days and another $5.5 million next year.

And then Phil Deneau will be a free agent after the 2026-2027 season.

He's 32 years old.

And he's not going to be with the Canadians for the next couple of games.

Kent Hughes said he'll likely join the Habs in Boston next week.

Yeah, I mean, Phil Deneau goes by many nicknames.

Pete's a man's one.

Philip Deneau hands is another.

His offense has completely disappeared, which is kind of ironic because we remember that he considered himself an offensive player.

And the reason he left Montreal is because he wanted a better offensive opportunity.

And, you know, why was Ken Holland willing to give him up?

Well, the Kings are looking for offense, getting nothing from Deneau in that department, and his defensive role has dramatically diminished.

Yeah.

His penalty-killing role was cut.