Rick Stephens

maybe getting the message out that they aren't desperate for a trade, but you have to know that in order to do anything else, that they have to move at least part of Patrick Lina's salary off the books.

So this would be their number one priority at the trade deadline for sure.

This is something that's come out recently.

And we had talked about the Canadians in our mind, at least in mine, that they should be looking for a right shot defense, a physical defenseman,

This would be a different move that they'd be looking for a bottom pairing defenseman, that sixth defenseman.

It's clear that they don't have confidence in either defense.

Jack Eyre, Struble, they're rotating.

They're getting minimal minutes.

So it came out this week that maybe a Band-Aid at the trade deadline would be to bring in a more reliable defenseman who could play that bottom pairing and maybe a veteran guy.

and give up one of their younger, young six defensemen.

And we'll see if that's on the to-do list.

We'll see if Kent Hughes is able to accomplish that.

Yeah, and that's probably not, maybe not done independently.

Maybe it's part of a bigger deal.

But when you have so many bottom sex forwards and, you know,

Whether it's, well, right now, it's either Taxier or Bulldoke who's sitting out.

They're not going to trade Bulldoke, I don't think.

No, they aren't trading Bulldoke.

But could they trade a Valeno or a Sammy Blais or a Taxier who have...

who have done their service at times through the year and now are just kind of extras.