Ryan Hana

What's really fascinating about it too is, and I think this is why a lot of people like what Carolina has done, is the Hurricanes and Tulsky did exactly what Eisenman didn't want to do.

They went out and acquired Rantanen with no guarantee.

But, you know, I've used the analogy.

It's like I'd rather have the loonie than four quarters.

There was an opportunity for Detroit to say, hey, we'll get rid of these pieces.

Like, how badly do you want to hang on to prospect X when you can have Quinn Hughes?

And if come July 1, he says, you know what?

Maybe this isn't the spot for me.

All right.

Like, you have now a year to move on from it.

You might get 95% of what you gave up, but you're still getting 95%.

It's easier to solve the problem with Quinn Hughes than without.

And...

Best case scenario, he's like, hey, thanks for trading for me.

I'm ready to sign here long term.

Oh, and by the way, you're also going to retain Dylan Larkin because of it.

And the aspect, and again, I don't know what prospect it was.

Maybe it was Kasper.

Maybe it was Danielson.

But the prospect of like, oh, we're holding on to Danielson because the future is going to look brighter.