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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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Yesterday. I know all my troubles seem so far away. Anyways, I digress. Gary Bettman and Bill Daly were asked by Mike Russo from The Athletic about the ongoing Bruce Cassidy situation.
Obviously, we don't find it unreasonable because we're allowing it to happen. I do think Vegas is clearly within their contractual rights to do what they're doing. I also and we also understand and appreciate that they're on a Stanley Cup run right now and they don't need the distractions necessarily of a
coach signing somewhere else so we'll get to the end of the season and we'll see where we go from there obviously we've talked to all the parties involved in this including Bruce so he knows what our position on the subject is and he might not be happy about it but but he was accepting of it and we'll see where we go from there
When you sign and insist upon a long-term contract, there are certain under league policies consequences of that. And so where we find ourselves is completely reasonable.
There are contracts that exist in the league that would not allow for this to happen. His was not one of them.
All right, so there you go. Different coaches' contracts, that's part of the deal. Elliott Friedman had this to say on yesterday. Elliott's appearance is brought to you by Abe's Door Service. On the NHL's response to the Cassidy situation.
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Chapter 2: How does the NHL's handling of the Bruce Cassidy situation affect teams?
either own companies, maybe it's a small business, maybe you have a mid-sized business, but you always want the feedback with your employees because you know what? It's a partnership. They're part of it. And we're in a national hockey league where the players are 50% partners. And there used to be a time in which the players were sort of like old tree planters, uh,
kept in the dark and fed crap, like mushrooms, right? But the reality is we don't live in those times anymore. And we're all here because of the players. We watch the game because of the players. The coaches coach because of the players. The managers manage because of the players. The fans watch because of the players. The broadcasters who probably got the best jobs.
We all get to do what we get to do because how great the players are. And Brian Lawton's a former player agent. And I asked Brian yesterday, should players have some input and say on organizational moves?
I do. I think it's a sign of the times. I think it's also very situational. If a team is rolling along and everything's going perfect, I don't think you hear much. If things aren't going quite the way some of the star players want to see the organization going, then it's going to catch their ire and you're going to hear from them. And obviously, we're talking somewhat about Leon and Connor.
They had a lot to say this year. They were obviously frustrated. It didn't really affect their performance. They still showed up every night. But the new world is more of a combination between the players, management, coaches. These guys, I always say the same things. You guys have heard them a million times. They don't care how much you know until they know how much you care.
And you got to be in the fight with them. And that just is not lost on players in today's world.
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Chapter 3: What are the implications of player input in organizational decisions?
You know, at the end of the day, this was a bigger opportunity, and I'm assuming a more lucrative opportunity that Obviously, Colorado felt they couldn't match or felt that they shouldn't get in the way of. So, yes, kudos to Colorado in terms of the spirit of the kind of fellowship that you usually see between organizations for allowing Chris McFarlane to pursue this.
But it's still interesting, Bob. They're in the same division. I mean, like... Should there not have been a conversation among the Kroenke family that maybe they should have elevated Chris McFarlane within their ranks? Yeah. To have the keys to the whole... I don't know. I mean, listen, I get it. Joe Sackett still has a prominent role there, too.
But I guess I still have an incomplete picture from the Avalanche point of view of what this all means and, you know, whether or not money was a factor. You certainly hope not to hear that with a team like the Avalanche that have always been very competitive as they've been. But it's a huge coup for Nashville, and it's interesting.
You know, months ago, you asked me how I thought the Predators thing was going to play out. I certainly didn't have this on my bingo card. But I told you that they were going to not rush into it, that they were going to wait as long as they could in case something fell in their lap.
And, you know, credit the owner, Bill Aslam, for having the audacity to phone Colorado and say, can I talk to Chris McFarlane? I mean... Jeez, I mean, I don't know how many people would have predicted that.
Yeah, absolutely. All right, two quick hitters to wrap up with Pierre Lebrun for the Athletic and TSN for our friends at Riverside Honda in Skidoo. Toronto coaching situation. What are you hearing there?
Yeah, well, my colleague Darren Dreger reporting that Peter Labulette and Patrick Waugh were among the candidates getting their turn at it this week. I know that GM John Chayka has... I've spoken to quite a few candidates. He started with a pretty wide net here in terms of wanting to talk to as many candidates as possible. But all I can tell you is, as a journalist, you cheer for stories.
Patrick Waugh in Toronto is as good as it gets, in my opinion. Montreal's the number one rival. I think that would be a lot of fun. But I think Peter Laviolette's a pretty strong candidate. You know, it's funny. It's like you're away for a year and people forget about you, it seems like. But look at his track record, man. That guy's done a lot of winning.
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