Rick Stephens
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And what?
How's he using it?
How does that relate to effectiveness?
He's a smooth skater.
Well, great.
Wonderful.
We're not here... It's not figure skating for skating appreciation.
I think back to...
think back a long time Murray Wilson if any of our listeners recognize the name Murray Wilson and you can think of a lot of famous players of the dynasty era of the Montreal Canadian Canadians of the 70s and I bet you you'll come up with 20 players before you come up with the name Murray Wilson and
Murray Wilson was a beautiful skater, gorgeous skater, long, smooth strides.
And listen, he was pretty good, effective, bottom six player, maybe 30 points a season.
He's got his name on four Stanley Cups titles.
Famously, Murray was misspelled three times on the Stanley Cup.
But I never, ever, ever heard Dick Irvin or Danny Gallivan talk about Murray Wilson and his gorgeous skating in the same kind of terms that they talk about Matheson.
I don't.
That's justβthat's ludicrous.
Yeah, again, there's lots of players who love to play in Montreal.
And again, I'd say, and what?
How does that help his effectiveness?
A $9.5 million, $10 million player.