Thomas Drance

And part of the reason that I think you should be able to get better on an expedited timeline so that if you land a generational talent, and maybe Bedard's not at that level, but like a really, really sick, consistent 30-goal, 60-point center,

early in his career.

Beyond the draft part of this, the edge that you should have is the ability to sell guys who are good for guys who are fine.

And get paid for the difference.

And then, as it turns out, the difference is usually just perception and on the ice.

In fact, you can actually get more out of the guy who's seen as fine.

And you're consistently leveraging the fact that, like, you're not on the clock.

Everyone else is on the clock.

You're not on the clock.

And that should be such a powerful competitive advantage.

I think we've seen it with Pittsburgh.

Like, I think the Marcus Pettersson, Drew O'Connor for a first trade is a perfect example of it.

Like, guess who's more valuable right now?

you know, the picks that they got, obviously, right?

The...

The fact of being able to do the Pittsburgh side of the Jari trade, right?

Like, they trade Jari, they get back Stuart Skinner, and they get paid.

Stuart Skinner is outperforming Jari by a wide margin, and they were able to turn some of those other pieces, like Kulak, into additional assets, right?

They got a second and Gerrard, who's another player who's, like, probably just as good or better, right?

Then...