Thomas Drance

Not because you're not confident you do it if you proactively go out and acquire Gallagher ahead of time.

Not because it changes your leverage in any way, shape, form, or otherwise, but because the necessity of adding Gallagher has to be created, in my mind.

I think if they part with like a draft pick for Brendan Gallagher without having first main moves, I think that's like our reaction is going to be like, what?

No, not if it's like a seventh round pick.

I'm still going to think that's weird.

That doesn't make sense with their overall direction.

I would think so.

I would think so.

But also, that would dramatically change...

my willingness to do the deal if I'm the Canucks.

Yeah.

Unless you've got something really good.

And look, I mean, doing that St.

Louis radio hit.

So I did a St.

Louis radio hit and I was asked by the hosts who were like, in their own words, obsessed with the idea of the Blues acquiring Elias Pettersson.

And it does make sense why they, you know, like if Pettersson played in a different market, would we be looking at him as an obvious bounce back candidate?

This is a guy who's gotten slower.

This is a guy who's shooting less.

Shoots way less.