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00:00In terms of who did the best and who wins, the Avalanche, the Stars, the Panthers, now
00:11I heard some people say that the Jets didn't get better when they got Tanev and Shen, they
00:17just got tougher.
00:18Or was it the Leafs with Lawton and Carlo?
00:24You know, I would not say Lawton, but Carlo is something that they needed.
00:31And then Pittsburgh gave up a lot.
00:34They didn't give up Crosby, obviously, or Raquel, at least, unless there's paperwork
00:40we haven't seen yet.
00:42At the end of the day, who wins?
00:46Colorado is loaded now, and Dallas with Rantan, and then like Edmonton, to me, didn't do anything.
00:54Who's going to stand out against those teams that they'd have to face to get to the Western
00:59Finals and back to the Stanley Cup Finals?
01:02A lot of the Canadian teams were handcuffed.
01:04A lot of players have the no trade clause list, and Canadian teams are on it.
01:11The good Canadian teams are already strapped for money.
01:13They didn't have a lot of room.
01:14Like, good job by the Leafs squeezing Carlo in, but they really didn't have a lot of room
01:18to do something huge.
01:19I think, Scott, listen, they're all winners.
01:21I mean, let's not dismiss the Tampa Bay Lightning.
01:23They just sort of added more grit and veteran experience and winning pedigree to the lineup.
01:31It's hard.
01:32Listen, Marshawn's good, but let's not get crazy here.
01:34It's not a nice pick up.
01:35I mean, the Seth Jones move, I think it's a little bit better.
01:37So, the Panthers are for real, but, you know, Scott, let's talk about what the Avalanche
01:40have done here.
01:41They called Rantan his bluff, right?
01:44So, they offered Rantan $12 million, reportedly, and he was like, more.
01:48You know, he wanted to hit like the $14 million a year range.
01:52He never thought, though, that they were going to trade him.
01:55Like, it wasn't hostile.
01:56Like, they were going back and forth.
01:58Like, Nate McKinnon didn't even know he was going to get dealt.
02:00It wasn't planned.
02:01Basically, the Avalanche walked away from a meeting with the agents and were like, we
02:06don't like where this is going, and we're not going to give him a cent more than $12
02:10million a year, and then they just traded him.
02:14Boom.
02:15And it shocked the world when they did, but look how Necas is playing for them right now,
02:19Scott.
02:20Now, you turn around, you bring in Brock Nelson as well.
02:24Now, you turn around, you bring in Charlie Coyle as well.
02:28You know, you got three for one now, basically, right?
02:31You got some good players, and you add to an already good hockey team.
02:35I think the Avalanche-
02:36Loaded up the middle.
02:37They're loaded up the middle.
02:39They are.
02:40And I think the Avalanche, like, are...
02:41You always have to ask yourself, are they a better team now than they were like two
02:45days ago?
02:46Yes.
02:47And if you look at the Avalanche, you're like, yeah, damn, you're effing right they are.
02:51You just picked up Brock Nelson and Charlie Coyle.
02:53You got multiple positions here.
02:55We got defensemen.
02:56We got forwards.
02:57We're adding guys.
02:58To me, the Avs are the winners of the trade deadline.
03:01And from the Ratnan deal and how they handled this and how they took the money instead of
03:06giving it to Ratnan and bringing in three different players, Scott, I think the Avs
03:09are the winners to me.