Ryan Kennedy

He was one of the top scorers in the league, especially in the playoffs.

And he's got decent size.

And now he's going to Boston University.

for at least one year.

I had a scout tell me he's, you know, the literal quote was he's a franchise number one center.

And that was, you know, sort of midway through the year.

But he didn't do anything worse after that.

If anything, he got better.

So, I mean, he is the top center in the draft.

Sometimes, yeah.

And it comes with that poise and just being comfortable in NHL dressing rooms.

It doesn't always work out.

You certainly can't rely on it.

But I just came from a Stanley Cup final where Jackson Blake was –

you know, basically tackled by his father, Jason Blake on the ice after they won it.

And they had a really, you know, nice emotional moment together because Jason Blake, you know, he never won the cup as an NHL or, but Jackson Blake, you know, told us about the work ethic instilled in him by his father.

And, and, you know, the fact that Jackson Blake has been around NHL rooms before there is that level of comfort for a lot of these kids where, uh,

They're not intimidated coming in, and they know what it takes.

So it certainly can help.

What's sort of intriguing here is that we are now in the generations that always grew up with social media, right?