Ryan Rishaug

And so Patrick Alvin gets let go here.

I think we all know the way that place has been operating and he's the one that ends up on the outside looking in here.

Rutherford takes full responsibility, all being the one that's gone.

I don't know, man.

It just feels like it hasn't been functioning very well internally and just hard to get stuff done.

Yeah, as much as I love covering trap hockey, I mean, really, I'm passionate about breaking down that stylistically.

Yeah, I'm like everybody else, Bob.

I need a little variety in my life, man.

And five years in a row would have been much.

So, I mean, we'll see if it gets there, but...

um so i'm good with that i'm certainly good with that my initial thoughts on anaheim are that they're young and they run on young energy and young enthusiasm you know their top three go-to guys up front are all what 23 and under yep um you know and and sometimes that can be dangerous bob sometimes that not really knowing what you're in for can be dangerous and here's the thing when you couple

that youthful enthusiasm with a team that never feels like it's out of a hockey game.

And that's what the Ducks are.

The Ducks are a fantastic come-from-behind team.

So the Oilers are going to have their hands full in terms of a group that is going to be energetic and they're going to stay on them.

The Oilers aren't going to be able to get complacent.

We're just not sure.

Like, I'm sure they're testing it every which way from Sunday.

But based on all the evidence that we see, Bob, everything in front of our eyes, I mean, that guy's playing.

I mean, he's been getting better every day, staying out there longer.