Tyler Kennedy

You know, that's.

You've got to think about the team first, and then you think about the players.

Maybe there's two guys pretty much in the Penguins' history that can pretty much say, no, no, you pick him over the team, and that's Sid and Mario.

Everyone else, you've got to think about building a winner to make the team better, to get more people in the seats, to make money, to keep the business going.

But...

just because they were, you know, former players that did well, fan favorites, this and that, like it's a tough pill to swallow, but you got to move on too.

is if you sign Melkin right now, I think he lets off the gas a little bit, right?

It's human nature.

It's like if you signed a guaranteed contract.

You might not do the same thing if you're fighting for another year.

I feel Geno needs to keep pushing through the end of the year to, one, make more money, to really secure a spot for next year.

If you sign him right now, again, you're stuck with him no matter what, even if we probably would be anyways.

I love when they make players wait and try to sign them later.

Because it's pretty known he's not going anywhere else.

It's like betting on yourself, right?

You bet on yourself.

Money's always going to be some kind of factor because for Geno to get to where he needs to be, it's going to take time.

It's going to take a lot of effort.

That's where the money comes in.

It's not like, oh, he's –