Ryan Kennedy

And you know, they, they might only have one first router, maybe they get to, uh, whereas we, you know, whatever, 10 years ago, the NTDP was having lottery picks all the time.

Jack Hughes, Austin Matthews, Jack Eichel, um, next year's NTDP, uh,

It's all right, but players are already fleeing for other places.

Trevor Daly Jr.

is going to go to OHL Sault Ste.

Marie now after playing one year with the NTDP.

So that's an entirely different conversation is what's happening to the NTDP.

But it's sort of a funny time to be talking about this because, you know, you don't have these elite Americans like a Quinn Hughes or a Brady Kachuk who were top 10 picks, you know, should have been top five picks, that sort of thing.

who can sort of make those declarations.

And the other thing, too, is, like, you know you're going to have the player for at least seven or eight years.

You know, nobody on an entry-level deal is going to force a trade to the Panthers, or I hope not.

Not yet.

Not yet.

Who knows?

But it is sort of an interesting thing to think about.

I mean, maybe if you have a tiebreaker, you go with the Canadian kid if you're a Canadian team.

But I would worry about that second guessing and, you know, thinking yourself out of a great pick.

Thank you for having me on, Steve.

Really, our focus is trying to protect the young kids, just like you said, from access to these chatbots and from their data being sold to the highest bidder, truthfully.

So we jumped in because of the scary facts, just as you mentioned in your last segment, amongst others.