Thomas Drance

Liam Ogren, like you go down the list, like there's some players that I think are pretty interesting that if you load up their ice time, I think you can build even more trade assets.

Not to mention what I think you can do in free agency, loading up some guys and juicing their minutes and juicing their roles, especially if Malhotra is as good a coach as I expect him to be in terms of implementing structure and sort of rationally using players.

I think if you can open up

roster spots, I think you can a bring in value by opening up those roster spots, future value, ideally, or even better future value.

Plus some veteran players whose value is low, right?

I think there's opportunities to rebuild and keep selling like sort of churn players through a roster where you're playing structural hockey.

The expectations are low and the minutes are up for grabs.

And I think if you sort of set up a conveyor belt for like 18 months,

there's really interesting opportunities to create value both with some of the players that are already here, but also some of the players that could be available for you to bring in.

You know, like if you could get a winger back or a forward back for DeBrusque plus a draft pick, I think there's a world where you can build that guy up and get paid twice.

You know what I mean?

And that's the sort of thing that I think Kyle Dubas has done expertly.

in sort of navigating this Penguins rebuild that's sort of arrived as a, as a playoff team ahead of schedule.

They weren't.

And, but, but they, they absolutely weren't.

And, but also like, you know, um,

How could you have been, you know?

Like, how could you have been?

But the, the, yeah.

So the one thing I would say too, is like that alignment between coach and GM, like there's things I'm skeptical about, or I'm, I'm going to need to see Ryan Johnson and company demonstrate before I'm like, yeah, no, I, they can do that.