Thomas Drance

I think the market's just so bad for Centerman that someone's going to eat that price.

Especially once you factor in that the acquisition costs...

you know, going to be so significantly restrained versus what it would be for a player with no baggage.

Like these are the types of guys teams swing on.

Generally speaking, you're right.

And I guess, and one that's, and that's the other part of the gap.

Like the Gallagher makes sense as the make weight, right?

if he's going to Montreal.

Yeah.

Like that's, that's the thing, but no, but, or, or a make weight for DeBrusque or a make weight for like Gallagher is the guy you get back as the make weight.

Not if you're the Canucks, not the guy you pay for proactively, unless you need his salary to get above the floor.

That's why it doesn't make sense to do it first.

It's something, it's a problem.

You don't, you don't solve the Montreal's problem for them by paying the deal.

Unless you first created an environment where it makes sense for,

Gallagher to solve your own problem, which we haven't created yet.

No, and maybe... You see what I'm saying?

There's just no basis to do the deal until you've done the other stuff first.

The answer is almost always yes.

Yeah.