Rick Stevens

He doesn't think he thinks he's an NHL player.

Oh, well, he hasn't showed it.

He hasn't shown it.

Only tiny glimpses have we seen.

And I think he he should go and try and find his game.

in the AHL.

But you see that there's lots of opportunities.

I mean, a case could be made for Sammy Blay bringing a physical presence, but he was added for insurance.

The insurance policy was cashed in.

He was used.

And now with the recovery, the injury recoveries,

his presence maybe isn't needed as much.

Brendan Gallagher's been receiving a lot of criticism.

I think a lot of that is just smoke and cover for Bolduc and for Blay, for the media that don't want them to be

sent to Laval, there's no question that Brendan Gallagher isn't the same player that he used to be.

And it's tough to see him struggle the way he does.

But, you know, I wouldn't sit him out before trying him on a line with Deneau and Anderson to see if they could kind of, well, we know they would have a certain amount of chemistry.

We've seen some big contracts given out to members of...

the, the Canadians core and, and they deserve, you know, Hudson and Dobson and, uh, you know, the list.

Um, and the way the salary cap, um, tends to work, uh, in the NHL these days is yes, you pay your star players, you pay them well.