OverDrive - OverDrive - May 30, 2025 - Hour 3

Episode Date: May 30, 2025

Join Aaron Korolnek, Jamie McLennan and Dave Feschuk for Hour 3 on OverDrive! San Jose Sharks Head Coach Ryan Warsofsky on the Sharks' emerging foundation, the trajectory of the team on the lineup and winning gold with the United States at the IIHF Men's World Hockey Championship. In the latest edition of AK's List, Korolnek lists the players the Maple Leafs should look to acquire during the offseason and the FanDuel Best Bets.

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Boston Pizza is planning the parade and has a new all-star playoffs menu for you to enjoy for pizza pints and puck drops Visit your local Boston Pizza today We have Ryan Warsaw ski of the San Jose Sharks Team USA calling in in about five minutes And there was a new addition fellows to the coaching fraternity in the NHL announced late last night Lane Lambert hired by the Seattle Kraken if you're wondering how do I know that name well he was a Toronto Maple Leafs assistant coach yeah and it is such an odd phenomenon to me guys how Maple Leafs assistants get hired on as head coaches with such

frequency DJ Smith back in the day hired not this is not saying they're not Maple Leafs assistants get hired on as head coaches with such frequency? DJ Smith back in the day hired? This is not saying they're not deserving, I'm just observing. Spencer Carberry did an incredible job with Washington. Dave Haxdahl was hired as an assistant to Toronto to Seattle and now Lane Lambert. Why do you think it is that? Is this a coincidence or is there something to Toronto being a big market? How do you explain that? Well, one thing that stands out for me is the Leafs have a big budget so they can bring in guys who are head coaches or head coaches in the making and pay them a bunch of money

as associate coaches. And then, you know, when their jobs are available, you can slide them somewhere else. Like, you know, some of the names you mentioned, let's not forget Jacques Le Maire was on their their, yeah, their payroll. Paul McLean, like there, there's those are, that's just money behind the scenes. Not even that's not guys on the bench. Those are like consultants, people helping out. So when you have, you know, a bottomless pit of money, or you used to, I don't know what

they're going to be doing now moving forward, but when you had that type of resources, the sky's the limit. Yeah, that guy's available, bring him in. Guy Boucher, another guy that was around. So I think, I don't know how you feel about it Dave, but it's certainly a hotbed for hockey, we know that, but guys get opportunities because they bring in some high quality people and they get plucked. For sure, Noodles. I mean, the money is my number one factor too. They've had huge budgets to spend as much as they want outside the salary cap and they've

taken that opportunity very smartly, not particularly productively, but in terms of playoff wins, but very smartly to spend some money on really high quality people. But I also think, look, as much as we got the sympathy explanation from the Florida Panthers for why Toronto is such a high pressure market for their poor union brothers on the Toronto Maple Leafs, it's a high pressure market for sure. It's also a big stage. And a lot of people talk about the team. So Lane Lambert got a lot of press this year,

a lot of media attention this year, as the guy behind the Leafs penalty kill when it was successful, as a guy standing next to Craig Barube on the bench, people are tuning in. And so you get a little more camera time, you get your name out there, and what do you know, you get a job. And it's just funny when you think about

The lack of success that the Toronto Maple Leafs have had in the Stanley Cup playoffs I mean, they've been a really good regular season team for a long time But yeah for whatever reason the coaches again like this is not to disrespect any of the guys who have been hired here in Toronto It's almost like it's a breeding ground for NHL coaches and now Lane Lambert, who was a head coach previously on the island. He's getting his second crack at it and Seattle for whatever reason loves the Toronto Maple Leafs assistant going with Haxdall and now with Lane Lambert. So the Leafs are looking for a new assistant coach, maybe someone to run the PK and they're certainly looking for some players as well as free agency approaches and will have a case list coming up in about twenty five minutes

it will feature the players that brad tree living in this in my opinion go out and try to acquire whose name comes to mind for you first noodles for a list like this and i'm not gonna reveal mine that'll be in a minute twenty five minutes you had to come up with this one name not five but one who comes to mind first so like this is a wish list either a great target or a

free agent braiden shan he's on the list is a very high ranking member of the list i just i i look at it again it's maybe one phone call and and army goes no better not moving on from him you know that's where I'd be looking at and and I would go off the board and start looking at puck moving deep And I know you know you've got six guys you guys have got term all of that type of stuff

But what we're clearly seeing in the Stanley Cup playoffs is you have to be able to advance the puck So I'd be looking at you know if it's Aaron act blatt you have to be able to advance the puck. So I'd be looking at, you know, if it's Aaron Ackblad, obviously you're going to have to pay him a lot of money and he might end up working it out with Florida. But you know, somebody like that, will Calgary part with Rasmus Anderson? Will St. Louis part with Pareko? You know, I'm looking at guys like that who can advance the puck but also play within the system. The only reason I look at St. Louis is just because you've got Craig Berube who is familiar with a lot of those guys as well. So that's when it comes to wish lists, that's where I'd be looking. Yeah, and I mean,

look what Jake Wallman's done for Edmonton. I think he's looked great. That play he made that led to the the Yanmar goal was an incredible pass and he's that puck moving defenseman that you reference and I'm certain our next guest since his return from Sweden has been at hard at work on making the San Jose Sharks a playoff team once again. His name is Ryan Worsofsky, won gold with Team USA at the World Hockey Championships, the youngest head coach in the National Hockey League with San Jose and he's back on overdrive Ryan going on Hey guys, how's it going? We're good, man. Yeah, how much time?

Did Mike Greer allow you before you guys started grinding away at the 20-25 offseason? away at the twenty twenty five offseason when you say that i would just in the this morning and mike and i met for a couple hours talking uh... a little bit everything in uh... just catching up with it was a long long tournament over overseas but uh... yeah now now we start building towards uh... you know twenty five twenty six and uh... free and feed the draft the trade so trades, all the makings of improving our team.

So it was good. It was good, but we're right back at it, that's for sure. Well congrats on getting it done over there. How challenging is it in a short-term tournament like this to kind of get everybody to gel and everybody on the same page? I know you're dealing with a lot of talented players but how quickly is it there how tough is it to get them to to buy in immediately so that you can have success? Yeah I think that's the challenge of the tournament for really the US and Canada. Most of those teams

have kind of already you know the Germans had started April 7th I think the Swiss started April 1st so they built you through a month-long training camp where we get out there May 1st and have a four-day training camp and you put your systems in place and the identity that you want to play with. And then, like you said, you get guys into roles and start working on special teams. So you've got to try to cover a lot in a short period of time. So there's some challenges that go with that and you really got to decide what you think is most important to the group to Have success and obviously us as the US we haven't had a lot of success over there. So

You know one thing we did talk about was it had been since 1933 since we won the gold medal And if we were going to if we were going to do this and everyone was going to be bought into it, you had to buy into roles that may be different than your role is in the National Hockey League and you got to do what's best for the team and what's best ultimately for us to win a gold medal and I got to give a larger group a lot of credit because a lot of guys really bought into that and had an understanding of how we needed to play and what roles they needed to play for us to be successful. Yeah, that's an amazing stat, Ryan. The fact that the USA had not won World Championship gold since 1933, 92 years.

I mean, is that actually a motivating factor for these guys? Like, none of these guys are responsible for the fact that you guys haven't won in almost a century, but how did you use that yeah we we kind of talked about the elephant in the room and then we addressed it you know I think you know I think that was important you know we had a meeting May 1st in Dusseldorf Germany before we got started just said hey it's been 1930 it's been 92 years since the US has won a gold medal. And it's almost, I mean, it is, it's embarrassing.

And we, I know that's a tough word to use, but that's the reality of it. We're not gonna hide from it. That's what it's been, you know, since we've won the tournament. So why don't we be a team that kind of makes history and can be the team that kind of cracks the curse and we kind of rode with it. So I think the best message message that we use is we addressed it. We didn't let it winger until the quarterfinals

or the semifinals. We addressed it right from right from the get-go and again our leadership group and our group did a really good job of you know really taking that to heart which I thought was really important. Ryan Worsowski our guest he's the head coach of the San Jose Sharks was a coach of Team USA at the World Hockey Championships winning gold in Sweden. So you mentioned how you met with your GM Mike Greer and I am curious I know Noodles you've went through all these meetings postseason talking to the GM trying to theorize what the off season could look like. Do you go to Mike and say, hey, there's a free agent here that I might like in my line of playing next to Celebrini or maybe this guy could fit in on our second pair? Is it collaborative

like that in San Jose? Yeah, for sure. You know, we talked a lot about, you know, guys that are free coming up here on July 1st and we've had a lot of conversations even from where the trade deadline on and where we want to head with, you know, what our team to look like in the future here to the end of the season into, you know, the summer. So there's a lot of conversations that happen between Mike, myself and the staff of whether that's players or, you know, what we want to look like identity-wise. So there's a lot of conversations that go on.

And one thing I would say is going to the World Championship, you see a lot of different players on other teams that you get a real appreciation for and you never know. You never know down the line if someone becomes available, you have that relationship, you know what that player is kinda all about them from being over there world championships so uh... but there's a lot of conversations that happen kind of daily on on building the team what we want to look like for sure so you've got some young talent obviously some extremely uh...

impressive young talent obviously Celebrini I think Smith is a player Eklund you know we'll call it the spine of the team, a young spine of the team because I like Asgaroff to goaltender too, he's you know going to be a special one but it's just about getting experience. So what's the challenge to or maybe the fine line between allowing them to learn on the job but also maybe trying to drop the hammer a little bit to say hey you know this is how you need to play every day in the National Hockey League to get to that next level and be every day, you know, superstars or guys that, you know, even be a playoff

team type of thing. Yeah, I think, you know, the big thing is for me is playing with winning habits and the habits and the foundational habits that we need to play with to win in this league and you look at the teams that are there at the end from Florida to Edmonton and so I know Caroline and Dallas just lost but the habits that they play with how to protect the lead how to play with the lead how to play within your shift how to manage your game and not give away so many pocks and how important

face-offs are, the details of the game. So a lot of it is teaching these young players really how the game is won at the end of the day. And the NHL is a hard league to win in. It's extremely hard. It's a fine line between winning and losing. And we're trying to teach those habits and have an understanding of how you need to play each and every night.

It doesn't happen overnight, it takes time, but by no means are we letting them just run the roof here. We want to put some really good foundational habits in place because we know the future is extremely bright. We have some young players and if we want to start winning, we got to start putting those habits in place right away. And we've really chipped away at that this year. I know the wins and losses are the wins and losses. We understand that, but we think we made some good headway

of being more competitive. The next step for sure is for us to start winning those one goal games in the third period. We're up a goal. I think we set a record for giving away up a goal and we lose a hockey game. So those are the improvements that we need to make and continue to harp on with our younger players. Ryan, there was a lot of debate last night into today about Pete DeBoer and the way he

decided to operate with regards to the goalie pull of Jake Ottentger bringing in to Smith after it was 2-0. And we've been talking about it all, show the art of the goalie poland what it means and how you execute a properly tomorrow is not asking you to critique peter borr but in your own experiences the goalie poll how effective is it in kind of writing the ship

for a hockey club that might need the little bit of a wake-up call yeah i think it's a little circumstantial a little bit, like who your goalie is, where you are in the game and where you are in the series, where the, you know, the momentum, you know, the momentum shifts in games.

So it's really hard to really pinpoint, like if it was a right or wrong move. Now, Casey Smith goes in there and stands on his head and now Pete DeBoer looks like a complete hero. So it's easy for us to sit here as a Monday morning quarterback and critique it. We're not in there, I'm not in the locker room. I think Pete's a fantastic coach and is one of the harder coaches to coach against, just never mind watching from the outside. So it's a tough decision. You're trying to probably spark your club a little bit and get some energy back in the building.

So you kind of see both sides of it. So it's hard to, I think it's very circumstantial as far as that goalie pool. And we have a lot of conversations just with the Sharks throughout the year. And whether that's time or not the time, there's probably moments in, you probably wish you not the time there's probably moments and you probably wish you did it and it's probably moments where you wish you

probably didn't so it's a tough decision but I can completely understand where Pete was coming from. Hey Ryan when you look at the way you build teams I mean there's been many ways to do it when you've got a lot of really good young talent I know you've got some veteran guys around there but I mean are you guys looking to add you know somebody from the free agent pool of potential star players that are out there to bring these guys along, or how do you look at that aspect of team building? Yeah, I think you try to build your team in every way possible, through trades, through free agency, through the draft especially. Maybe it's a minor league free agent, maybe it's a waiver pick up like a Gustav Forsling.

So I think Mike and his staff does a really good job of peeling that onion back and finding the other ways we can start adding to our group. I know that's probably the next step in our build is to start adding. We added to Foley last year, we brought in Barclay Goudreau for some leadership and to kind of stabilize our bottom six. So you know, I think Mike has a really good plan of how he wants to tack the off season and the free agency and the draft and everything in between. So we will let that plan and run that course, let us run its course and you know, I think

we're all excited for the future In preparing for this interview Ryan I was looking through your hockey DB page and before you were a coach you were a player and you played in the Belgian Hockey league you played for Rio Grande the Valley killer bees the Cape Cod blue fins Can you take us through some of those experiences? Yeah, I wasn't a very good player the Cape Cod Bluefin's. Can you take us through some of those experiences? Yeah, I wasn't a very good player. You know, played Division III hockey. And then, you know, I always knew,

I mean, I wanted to get into coaching and it was kind of a passion of mine, you know, growing up in the Boston area, being close with Mike Sullivan and being around him, we was coaching the Bruins. So, you know, I got in got in got playing went to Division III college at Curry College after I wanted to play I wanted to experience kind of what it was like overseas so didn't break the bank playing over there but had a lot of

fun met a lot of good people got to experience a different part of the you know the world and travel and and I came back and played you know I remember sitting in my hotel in Rio Grande and I could see the Mexican border and I was shaking my head thinking like, man, what am I doing? But those are lessons that I still take with me today and coaches that I played for and you try to,

I asked our players to get better, I have to get better as well. So you try to continue to develop as a coach and at that moment I kind of knew I was gonna to get into coaching, so I'm trying to pick up and grasp whether that's thrills or systems or a way to communicate. So all of the experience I think has kind of tied into who I am today and why I am where I am. So going through the league a few times now and coaching against, as you coined it, some great coaches and some

guys that you respect throughout the league. As you gain more experience, are you picking up stuff from them and maybe learning little tricks of the trade that have helped your coaching style to get to that next level? Yeah, for sure. Absolutely. I think there's a reason why these guys have won Stanley Cups to John Cooper's, you know, Mike Sullivan, Paul Marie. I mean, the list goes on. The amount of good coaches that are in this league and, you know, the way they tinker

with things that throughout their, within their system. How they get certain matchups is one thing I've kind of really started to learn and I've watched and Travis Green in Ottawa was really good at it and John Cooper obviously. So there's obviously some really good coaches and I think that's what a lot I'll do about a lot of that this summer is kind of reflect back and look back and watch other teams and try to pick up some things and talk to other coaches. Sometimes you know maybe it's not a national hockey coach you know it included dive into some other sports again just try to get better and

improving uh... you know i'm still you know i don't have all the answers so uh... but you definitely learn as you get the as you go through the league in the indigo up again please uh... semi-cup winger you know coaches that have been around for a long time well congrats on the world hockey championship incredible moments in john egan's rose jersey up there the way you guys honored him i thought was tremendous i did an amazing job with that and i'm certain you'll do a great

job with the san jose sharks going forward thank you for the time uh... best of luck this summer in hopefully try to get soon sounds great thank you have a pretty hidden thank you have me on thank you that's ryan warsaw ski and he answered the question about that dave asked about in the sharks try to take that next step and i think in a perfect world

with the san jose sharks love to have someone like mitch marner or sam bennett yeah of course who would have been a ton of gasp space they've got a bunch of really good young talent but i do wonder like are they there yet you know like they're still a ways away from being a playoff team even with someone like Marner does that really make sense for them at this point in their development? Well does it make sense for him? Like keep in mind like they you know Brad Tree Living must have said three or four times yesterday like you know this isn't our

decision you know when it comes to Mitch Marner. Mitch Marner holds all the cards as to where he wants to play and I would argue you know where he's going to circle is situations where he feels like he can contribute to right away to wins or contribute to a cup run that type of stuff. I think San Jose has a fantastic young core. I think within three years you're going to see this team. Now again, I'm saying it, if they make the right moves, you need to sign veteran guys, you need to help these kids grow, but they've got some really good young players there and I think San Jose has done it right.

But that being said, you know, you look at the Chicago model, like I think Chicago took a step back this year. And I think, you know, Chicago's had a has to have a really good off season. So I think San Jose has to have a good off season. But I don't think if Mitch Marner is just chasing money, then yes, he's going to look at San Jose, he's going to look at Chicago, he's going to look at Utah, Teams like that that have money to spend, that have owners that will spend the money and they want to make a splash in free agency. So if Mitch Marner is just looking to have the highest, you know, highest AVV in the National Hockey League, then he's going to go to those teams. But I would argue people might be pissed off around here. He might take a little bit what we would perceive as less to go to a team to fit in. That's what Rantinen did, right? Rantinen took less. Rantinen could be making 14 this summer easily, but he chose, he did his free agency at the trade deadline, is what Mikko

Rantinen did. And he's like, all right, I'll go to Dallas. And he signed there and talk about a guy who had an incredible five game stretch, Miko Rantinen, he was a literal ghost. Aside from that five game stretch, I have some stat on Rantinen that just blew my mind. What he did in, here it is, 17 of Rantinen's 22 points in the playoffs came in five games. Five points in the other 13.

So how do you evaluate, Rantanton's gonna be top five in scoring in the playoffs probably when it's all said and done, but he did it all in five games and didn't do anything really offensively aside from that. So is that a good thing? Not really, I mean, it's not a good thing at all. No, it's not. But, I mean, he had such an incredible stretch where he was unstoppable. Everything he touched was going to the back of the net and then he just disappeared. Well he was a ghost. And the fact that their offense disappeared. I mean they're blaming the goalie Noodles. They score five combined goals in their four losses to Edmonton. I mean you can't win that way. I mean it's

Maple Leaf-esque. You can't absolutely and you're right like he was a ghost but there was you know Jamie Ben Tyler said you go right down the list They're top players. They weren't available like or not that they weren't available. They didn't get it done now that being said it's interesting You know, we were talking about it last hour like Jake Ottinger coming into the series against the Edmonton Oilers Was the best goaltender in the playoffs, like statistically. He had had eight quality starts, you know, like you look at in his wins, like quality starts and, you know, give it up chances, all of that, what they were doing. But the Edmonton Oilers found a solution for him. And that's the interesting part. I said this

before. The Oilers found a way to solve Darcy Kemper. Darcy Kemper allowed five goals once all season long. He did like three games in a row against the Oilers. And then the Oilers against Aiden Hill. Aiden Hill had stabilized in that first round, played very well, and Ebbinton found a way to beat him. Jake Gautinger, again, statistically was the best goaltender heading into that series of all the goalies,

and they dismantled him. And so now you're going, geez, what's wrong with Jake Gautinger? Well, maybe it's the Ebbinton Oilers that are playing at their best right now. I think that is totally fair, and I think the same would apply to a team like Carolina. Remember what Bryndamore had to say after they

were eliminated. Why is everything so negative? Like we're in the conference finals and we played a hell of a hockey club. I think that definitely applies to Dallas and to Edmonton. Our man Brian Hayes who was off today because he was at the Canadian Screen Awards nominated for best sports host was won by James Duthie and I don't know how many of these awards Duthie has, he's got to be closing in on double digits. Brian has sent out a tweet acknowledging James and he took a shot at our boy the O-Dog as well.

I'll read it out. There it is, it's up on TSN2. Congrats to the legend James Duthie on winning best sports host and to O-Dog for shooting a 64 and there is an asterisk next to the 64. The ODOG is not going to like that. He's not going to like that. Those are backhand compliments for both of them. Listen, he's giving Dathi lots of love, but he's like, all right, that's enough.

I was up for it too. And then the 64 with a star, I'm'm telling you we are starting the show on Monday with a fistfight well, I mean hopefully not but it That's what Koliakiv told me too he told me it was a completely legit 64 from the ODOK Well, of course, Carlo has to weigh in in hey yeah he's he's very excited nothing that's it to delve into the conversation you know either the roger maris had the most famous asterisks in sports of

course sixty-one asterisk and now oh dot has sixty-four asterisk i mean this is this is a big stuff in your end date noodles you guys will be on the grounds of the Canadian Open. You will have rules officials who have in-depth knowledge of golf. They can forensically audit that scorecard. Well, also, keep in mind, like, Lawton, Scott Lawton and Steven Lorenz were part of that foursome with Carlo and Jeff. And there was a video crew documenting the entire thing.

So I know you mentioned, what was it, an X on one of the holes, Noodle? Yes, yeah, an X. I think, I don't know which mentioned what was it an X on one on one of the holes noodles. Yes Yeah, next I think I don't know which hole it was Yes, I think it was later like an X on 16 or 17. Yeah, that's the top hole too. Very tough hole That's the question the X that's I want to know about this and you're right if there is video evidence There might have to dive into the archives. I can't wait that is the most There is. You might have to dive into the archives. I can't wait. That is the most anticipated.

Remember when Oppenheimer was coming out and everyone was so fired up to go see that movie? That is nothing in comparison to the Odog 64, which Brian has given an asterisk. I will not participate in this. I believe Carlo, again, talking to him and how giddy he was talking about the 64, I think it's totally legit. So you'll have to wait till Monday to get the full story from the ODOG and from Brian is you won't have to wait until Monday to get 8k's list I'm gonna give it to you on the other side the top five players that Brad tree-living should try

to trade for or sign ahead of July the 1st I'll tell you my list next the third hour of overdrive continues a beautiful Friday night Actually, I don't know. I haven't been outside in like three hours. How's it looking outside fellas any ideas? Or still nice. I heard some rain in the forecast for this Friday night downtown But hopefully that's not the case because today was just exceptional Several weather and we need it too. In Southern Ontario, it has been trash. Just been rainy and cold and cloudy. And we are in live for some incredible weather

next week for the RBC Canadian Open. I saw Tuesday's 29 and sunny. Oh, yeah, we're almost there. Nice. We're almost there. So this is the second edition of AK's list. The last time I was fortunate enough to host for Brian, I did a list that was about the players with the most to gain heading into the Stanley

Cup playoffs. And I believe that Mitch Marner was number one, Connor Hellebuck was number two and Evan Bouchard was number three. These are Canadian teams and the players on those teams. So that was the list then. Today's list is about players that Toronto Maple should try to acquire this summer. And my list is brought to you by Boston Pizza Canada's favorite sports bar this playoff season Boston Pizza is playing in the parade and has a new all-star playoff menu for you to enjoy For pizza pints and puck drops visit your local Boston Pizza today. So coming in at number five on Ak's list of players the Maple Leaf should try to acquire this summer is Sam Bennett of the Florida Panthers. Now he is the player that is top of mind for everyone and rightfully so. He has the connection to

the GTA. He is pretty much exactly what the Maple Leafs need in every single respect but one. The contract and the regular season production have me cooling just a bit on Sam Bennett. He's on the list but he's not as high on the list as he would be for some because I'm not certain he'll be able to produce more than 50 points a season in the regular season which is a concern because you still got to make the playoffs to produce in the playoffs and then he's 29 years old, seven years, playing style, how that'll hold up. He's on my list, he's definitely desirable, but he's at number five. What do you guys say?

It's fair. Like for me, I think he is, like I would look at it and I would point to a few contracts with the Maple Leafs. You think Chris Tanev is going to finish out his contract? I mean that's, you know, I think you look at- think he's not making 10 million. No, that's the difference though. You're right. Like the, the, the term I think I can live with is the money. That's the biggest thing because you might have to go longer on term to have shorter on money. Well, that's not going to be the case with Bennett. So, you know, I could see a fit there.

He would definitely be on my list and on my whiteboard if I'm Brad Tree Living, but I would think he would be one of the options. I don't know if he'd be the primary just based on, I think there's other targets that you might be able to covet that would have better cap hits and might be better players or better player suited for your team, but you'd have to trade for them that's the difference so but I do like Bennett well look man you know Brad tree living himself talked about changing the DNA which to me sort of conjures crime scenes DNA this guy is like an NHL

criminal he's a certifiable bill and i'm with you a k like they need that later i know okies average forty points in a you know and j's mocking cuz and j's had more fifty point seasons in this guy's had this guy's been a fifty eight point player prorated in the in the postseason and he's leading the NHL

Stanley Cup playoffs and goals this postseason that's something that speaks to DNA that's something that speaks to critical moments uh... yeah i think that is totally fair it's just the price that is a little bit prohibitive and the term and the fact that there probably will be fifteen teams vying for services including the four panthers who I'm sure would love to bring him back. Number four on my list players the Maple Leafs should look to acquire Chris Crider of the New York Rangers. I think this is a

very nice buy low for the Toronto Maple Leafs. Two years left on the deal 6.5 and we know the Rangers are gonna be doing some moving and shaking this offseason and a guy who has been in Encircled seemingly with regards to these trade rumors is Crider. I know they made a ton of moves last year They'll make a ton of moves this offseason. He had a really bad year this year 22 goals eight assists But look at the previous years 39 36 in36 in 24, 36 goals in 23, 52 goals in 22, 6.5 for the next two years, probably won't cost you that much to trade for. Noodles are you with me?

I'm with you, but there's another guy on the Rangers that I would covet more than him. Who's that? Trocheck. Ah, okay. Because Vinnie Trocheck could be a number two sentiment, and I say this with all due respect, this is a compliment to him. He's a bastard to play against. That's what you want.

He's not Sam Bennett where he'll fight you, but he gets underneath your skin. He's talented. He can play in all situations. I think he'd be a very, very, you know, a fantastic again. I don't know more expensive to trade for way more expensive. Yeah, 100%. These are just wish lists. But I look at Kreider, your Kryder is getting longer in the tooth. I don't think he's slowing down, but I think his game is slowing down. I think he can still skate for sure, but his production is slowing down and he could be your number two left winger or number three left winger depending on if you feel like Bobby McMahon could get his act together. But in the end, I think he would

be an upgrade. I've always, I thought their left side was weak. It has been weak. And, you know, Kreider would be a nice fit, but I just, I think Trotschek would be a better, if you're going Rangers, that would be my guy. Yeah, I like it a little more than Noodles. I think he's a Craig Berube kind of guy. He's a big body. He plants himself in front. Now, it's gotta be by low, AK.

If you're talking about a by low deal, if you're talking about by low deal we're not giving up too much i'd like it but he's thirty four next year sorry thirty four years old this year uh... be thirty five by the time the playoffs roll around next year uh... he is slowing down the production has fallen off a little bit so if it's a discount purchase all right looking to number three on a case, players may believe should try to acquire. Coming in at number three, from the Nashville Predators, Jonathan Marcheseau. Four years

left on his deal. I'm watching Noodle's face to see if he cringes or smiles. So Marcheseau is a Con Smythe winner. I mean, we know the playoff production has been there historically. A truly miserable season in Nashville, not only for Marchesot in his first year obviously. Stamcoats there too. Brady Shea, that team was terrible frankly. Let's call it what it was. It was an abject disaster and you wonder if Nashville can get out of some of those deals scott free including Marchesot who is 34 years old. He scored like 50 something points in the season. Obviously their year was done by November. But he's a guy who's had a ton of playoff success. He is not the crash and bang power forward that someone like Chris Crider is, clearly. He's a smaller

guy but at the same time a proven playoff performer and it's another by low on a guy who, just this time last year was one of the most sought after free agents and his stock has fallen dramatically. So you need to weigh whether or not his game has fallen off but if you believe he's still got the wheels he could be a really nice piece to slide in next to number 34 on the top line. Well you're right like in looking at it I think there would be a fit but it's Marcia so and and what I mean and When if Mitch Marner is leaving so if Marcia so is gonna play on the right side Certainly, he's a different player. The only thing is he's not a playmaker

So I wouldn't be playing him with 34 I'd be playing him on the second line and I'd push 88 up there and because 88 is a good passer so they'll feed off of each other with Matthews and Nylander and then you have Knies on the other side your second line would be the revamped line you would revamp and if you had Marcius Oh and somebody else like you know, Trocek or Shen or somebody like that Something like now all of a sudden because because Marcezo is a shooter.

He's a, he gets the puck and he shoots it. So if, if, if I'm just looking at style of play, but I, AK, I don't disagree with you. I think he's a guy. If you're looking to replace, again, you're taking a hundred points out of your lineup on the right side. It's not one player that's going to replace it. It's a combination of a couple players. That's where depth comes in.

Marciusot would be a guy that you would have to look at and go, yeah, can we get value for him and could he get 60 points, 70 points in a different situation? Absolutely. But that's why I said it's Marciusso and because you're adding it's a combination of other players that would prop him up. I would argue though one last thing. Evangelista is a good young player there. I think Nashville would be in on Marner. So maybe they would have to clear out Mar Marsha so to to have Marner's money

and all of that and that right side available for him. Hmm. That's an interesting one. I'm sure they will be. That's an interesting one. I mean, a team, a team that really had a disastrous season after signing a bunch of wingers in free agency is going to sign the most expensive winger in free agency to try to come out of that. And you know what? The only reason I say that is we had Barry Trotson this year and he almost stopped short of saying like, we're going to do it again.

We're going to double down here in the office. They've got the goaltender, they've got the defenseman and they have good, like Philip Forsberg didn't have a career year. Steven Stamkos, it took him a long time. I don't even know if he ever settled in there, but he's a hell of a player. Marcius, so we're just talking about. Evangelista, you know, Ryan O'Reilly.

Like they've got some good players there. And what happened is it just didn't fit. So instead of, I think Barry Trotz was like, guys in their new environment, it might take them a year to settle in. So now you're looking at maybe a better season from Marcius. Guys in their new environment, it might take them a year to settle in. So now you're looking at maybe a better season for Marston, so a better season from Stamkos and then a better bounce back season from some of the players who weren't good, including

Soros and the defenseman. I'm drawing a blank. Oh, Yossi, sorry, Yossi. Brady Shea was brought in. He was no good. Everyone was terrible on that. It was crazy. You're right. You're right. And listen, I'm Mitch Marner. Everyone was terrible in Nashville. It's crazy. You're right, you're right.

And listen, I'm Mitch Marner. I'm looking at Nashville, state of Tennessee, not a bad place to play with regards to taxes. Nashville, pretty good weather. I mean, you're not going down to Fort Lauderdale, but pretty damn good relative to what the majority NHL is. Yeah, that's a very desirable destination, Nashville. It seems like they're one of the only, like no state tax teams that really haven't been

successful of late, right? I mean, what Dallas has been able to do, of course we know Florida, Tampa, Vegas, so maybe you know, it would make sense. It's a, I think that's a very viable landing spot for Marner. I'll get you, let you get on the list is edmonton but alberto's a very tax friendly

situation as well pattern played there and live there like that's that gets lost in the shuffle to when you are heading north of the border alberto is actually a pretty good tax situation number two on the list is brayden shannon st louis plans and we know the leaves love brain shan i mean it was about how i'm at the me hours did we spend talking about brain shan the st louis plans and we know the leaves love brain shan i mean it was about how i'm a chimney hours did we spend talking a brain shan on this radio station leading in the trade deadline and dave i think it's pretty obvious the brain shan is a terrific fit with the leaves down the middle

makes six five for the next three years i think it's two folds number one is brain shan wanna wave is no move and the leaves want to give up the assets in order to trade for someone brain shan at this point his career well yet to very good questions and and hard to answer at this particular moment but yet he's tailor-made easy he's a craig berube player obviously has played for craig berube and one a cup so

he's the kind of guy you're looking for he he's what they've been needing and i'm sure bread tree living has him circled it would be shocking to me if if he wasn't you know very much active in attempting to acquire Braden Shinn. Yeah that's the guy that I circle and if you're you know wishlist perfect fit type of thing then you can then you go hey if Tavares wants to sign for you know I say it respectfully pennies on the dollar then you could have Tavares as your third centerman or you could push Tavares wants to sign for, I say it respectfully, pennies on the dollar, then you could have Tavares as your third centerman or you could push Tavares to the wing depending on how things go.

But in the end, you'd have a clear cut number two centerman behind Auston Matthews. Yeah, and we know that's what the Leafs wanted before the deadline. They wanted to trade for one of Shen or Brock Nelson. They couldn't get either, so they pivoted to Scott Lawton who is a very different player than Braden Shen or Brock Nelson are as far as his ability to produce offense so I think that's exactly what they're going to look to target but a centerman is not number one on a case list the players that may believe should try to acquire and you're probably gonna roll your eyes at this one the number one

player that may believe should try to acquire is you're probably gonna roll your eyes at this one the number one player that may believe should try to acquire is Brad Marchand without a shadow of a doubt I mean the guy is 5-0 against this hockey team in game 7s he's still at the top of his game I would argue of all Florida Panther forwards he's been as good as anybody he is carrying that Luster, Ryne and Lundell March line. He's been incredible and he's not gonna cost you a ton And he's not going to be a long-term commitment and sure he's older I think he's an 88 birthday maybe an 87 birthday So he's longer in the tooth, but he still has it and you know it when this guy

Enters the fray in the postseason He is going to be at the top of his game and let's not forget in the regular season pretty damn productive too. I mean when he was with Boston he had 60 points so Brad Marshawn has a lot left in the tank and I know Lee fans he would be extremely awkward for him to be wearing the blue and white but he is the literal perfect fit for this hockey team at this point in time. I don't disagree because I've said that left side needs help but he is a natural-born leader everybody you talked to in Boston even talking to some people in Florida he's he's really settled in seamlessly they love him everybody who plays with

them loves him and everybody who plays against him hates him he is a great villain he wouldn't be overwhelmed by the market. If anything, he would help potentially some of the players, some of his teammates with the market embrace it. DNA. The DNA would be good. You're right. It's a great DNA. I just, I look at, you know, I was wanting a D-man on there, but... Right. Or no, no goaltenders either. I apologize. No, no, no goalie, but I, I still wanted a D-man on there. But I think it's a great list, and it would be a good fit for Brad Marshan at number one. Yes. Dave, thoughts.

I love it on a lot of levels, AK. But isn't this the guy that tried to tell us that Toronto beats the pressure into the Maple Leafs, that you can't possibly succeed as a hockey player as a Toronto Maple Leaf after he beat the breaks as a Toronto Maple Leaf after he beat the brakes off the Toronto Maple Leaf. So I'm not sure how he's going to spin that one if he becomes a Toronto Maple Leaf, but I love it. You know, he's, if you can't beat him, uh, join them or have them join you.

Or if you can beat them, if you can beat them time after time, you need to join them simply to have maybe mercy on the hockey club you seem to dominate dating back to 2013 which is insane but sadly the truth Marshawn and the Florida Panthers will take on the Edmonton Oilers Wednesday night game number one I've got my fan duel best bets to wrap up a very busy Friday afternoon here on overdrive I'll fill you in on what they are next. Melodin Friday was brought to you by Boston Pizza Canada's favorite sports bar this playoff season Boston Pizza is planning the parade it has a new all-star playoffs menu for you to enjoy for pizza pints and puck drops visit your local

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