Satiar Shah

Yeah, no kidding.

So when we get this close, does time go by faster or slower for you?

Because when I was at this point in time as a kid or during Christmas, every day crawled by, it seemed like.

And, you know, we're going to delve into the draft and a couple of things we're going to focus on right off the bat.

And Vic and I were talking about two players off air.

We'll start with Tyne and Lawrence, who you are very high on.

And, you know, Vic and I were saying because I have some doubt, but your argument for him and watching your breakdowns reading like it's a really good argument about how hard he works.

how that motor never stops, and the fact that he has shown offensive ability in the past.

But how do we go about navigating the fact that his numbers were not impressive at the NCAA level, despite being a young player?

But then when you watch the tape, you see the effort, you see how hard he plays, you see the impact he makes.

Where is the truth when it comes to this player?

And one thing that I always find fascinating, and obviously I don't watch as much tape as you do and the other guys that are so great at covering these prospects, but watching a couple of his earlier games this season and then watching a couple of his later games, some of the mistakes you saw from him, the mistakes

the bad decisions, the indecision at times, him not looking as confident on the puck, they weren't as evident earlier in the season.

And I wonder how much of that is a player hitting a wall, losing some confidence, going through the ups and downs of a 17-year-old at that league.

Because all the questions we have about him in the second half of the season, to me, I saw him answer those in the first half of the season.

I know you've liked Albert Smith a lot.

Is he still the top D man for you in this class?

Yeah, I'm not saying he is like this player, but I can see some Matt Boldy vibes in terms of a guy that goes in the teens and ends up being one of the more skilled players in the draft.

I can totally see Wyatt Cullen hitting that type of marker.

And when you mentioned Gleb Pugachev, I turned to Bick, I'm like, I was going to ask about Gleb, because...