Zach Phillips

And the unfortunate nature of now playing 84 games in a more condensed training camp, like you don't have much time to show yourself off kind of thing.

So I think at the very least they have some depth.

But certainly the guys who stood out, Cowan, I think Danford's going to push for a spot maybe as early as training camp, more so later on next season and clearly the goaltending too.

What do you make of the Hiller hire?

Like the Chayka hire, I'm just going to take a step back and just wait and see, Merrick.

I mean, it's not changing.

I think to that point, when you look at Hiller coming in, ultimately my head goes to who could have made more sense.

Perhaps I'm in the minority, but if I have the chance to hire Bruce Cassidy and especially you have this window where Austin Matthews is concretely on your roster, I'm probably going with Bruce Cassidy.

But what do I know?

I'm just a YouTuber at this point.

I'm not even a radio broadcaster anymore.

So I think I'm just going to like...

I don't even want to call it amnesia, but there seems to be a part of the fan base, a good chunk that has forgotten this entire process, which led to a Brad tree living, getting canned and then be John Chayka and Matt Sundin taking over.

And the decision-making process to that, that leads to this extensive search.

You talk to 55 different candidates and you land on Jim Hiller.

Like we had Dennis Bernstein, at least when he take today, uh,

who covered the ins and outs of Jim Hiller in Los Angeles.

And he, for one, was a bit befuddled, a bit stunned, surprised like the rest of the hockey world that the answer is Jim Hiller.

Because I think you look at the body of work, and granted, Hiller can battle back and be like, hey, if Quentin Byfield can clear the puck, we probably beat the Edmonton Oilers in the first round last year, right?

And that's a pretty fair case.