Rick Stephens

So, yeah, take it for what it's worth.

And listen, a player like Matthew Nyes, ideal for the Montreal Canadiens.

Absolutely a 23-year-old power forward, perfect for the Montreal Canadiens.

And I was banging the drum for the Canadians to draft him during his draft here.

I don't see how this makes any sense in the world for, and, you know, I don't want to give any ideas to the Toronto Maple Leafs, but this doesn't make any sense for them.

And, you know, consider that Kipriyash used the word spitballing.

Elliott Friedman says that he's heard that same theory.

He checked into it and the people he talked to denied that rumor.

And he added, but obviously there was some smoke.

So whether it was the Canadians or someone else that was involved or whatever.

You know, who it was that the Canadians were pursuing, we may find out, we may not find out.

But that's what we know based on some wild rumors this week.

That's absolutely right.

So I think in this segment, let's look back and discuss how the Canadians got to this position.

The goaltending hierarchy throughout the organization shifted dramatically.

and may have shifted dramatically depending on your perspective.

And what does this tell us about the way the organization and, and maybe how the organization individual members of the organization view this view the goaltending position differently and how they view it going forward.

So let's spend a little bit of time on this.

Yeah, and you would think that Montembeau would want to take advantage of that embarrassingly bad goal.

He got a reprieve, and he was very, very fortunate because it's that silly offside review, and the play was very close.