Steven Ellis

So rigged for John Jacob.

McKenna, just look at the way he plays, how smart he is.

There'll be some knocks against his game.

He's not overly physical.

He's not great defensively.

He's six foot.

He's 170 pounds.

Do you know who's also kind of around that same size bracket?

You're looking at Patrick Kane and Nikita Kucherov.

I'm not saying he's a one-to-one comparison to either guy.

But he's a high end playmaker who sees the game at such a high level.

Quick hands.

Does that start to sound a bit familiar?

So that's something here where he's not going to be Mitch Marner.

He's not a one to one Mitch Marner replacement either because Marner had that defensive game and we could still see McKenna add that element to his game.

But he's the playmaker that Austin Matthews desperately needed this year, and he comes at a much cheaper price for the next couple of years.

By the time he needs his new contract, the seller cap will go up more.

They'll have more space to work with.

And Toronto will have a better idea on what the future of the Austin Matthews, William Nylander era in Toronto looks like.

John Tavares, again, who knows where his career is going to be at that point.