Sean

It seems like he knows what he's doing.

I used to believe that there were certain contracts that were immovable.

I no longer believe that, to your point, because Dubas has shown that that's not the case.

Hell...

Jim Rutherford showed it wasn't the case.

He got rid of Rob Scuderi when I didn't think anybody would be a taker, and David Perron when I didn't think anybody would be a taker, and he got better players that helped win the Stanley Cup.

Austin in Pittsburgh wants to chime in.

Good morning to you, Austin.

How you doing, buddy?

Well, here's the other reason I'm not in love with Trocek.

I don't think if Sid was healthy, they'd be looking to upgrade that position.

because you've got Ben Kindle, who you want to be your second or third line center of the future.

And if you bring in Trocek, what, are you going to move him to wing, and then he's going to be less effective, and then he's at $5.6 million, and I don't want to stunt Kindle's development.

So I've said I don't want rentals.

There's an exception to that.

In the case of the center position,

If there's a guy who you could get for the next month plus, and his contract expires at the end of the season, but he can help fill the depth role while Sid's out, and you don't have to give up a lot for him, and you've got a ton of draft picks, I could live with that.

Like a Sidney Crosby stopgap kind of guy.

But I'm interested to see how much Kendall plays center while Sid is out.

But I don't know that I'm changing my...