Rose

And obviously you know what happened to the Avalanche that year.

I was there for it.

I was there for it twice, actually, both in Colorado and Tampa.

Yeah.

I had to see the lightning die in that one, so yeah.

But Gary Bettman suspended him for the 2021 calendar year for some cheating.

Yeah, so apparently he had held some scouting tryouts outside of the Combine, which is a big no-no.

And the Coyotes lost the second round pick that year and a first round pick the following year.

Yeah, not good.

So yeah.

And he hasn't had a front office gig since that suspension.

The suspension actually came off of him bailing on the contract that he had with the Coyotes.

asked Keith Paley this question.

Yeah, so I don't think that Steve Simmons is going to get the same treatment that Mark Lazarus did in Vegas.

All right.

So let's talk about the result of the lottery.

Toronto is now officially the first overall pick.

They were originally fifth.

Now they moved up to one.

And San Jose, who was originally 11th, is now second.