Brayden Point

I really don't.

What interests me even more than Kucherov is if they can't figure it out this season and he is just the first shoe to drop, does that mean other players become available? Does that mean Hagel becomes available? Does it mean Braden Point becomes available? Does that mean that arguably one of, if not the best non-American goalie in the world becomes available in Vasilevsky.

That to me, that to me is a, is a very, very interesting question because let me

see who else on that roster is.

You

got Brandon Hagel, Victor Hedman, Vasilevsky, Braden Pointe, Gensel, like how many of these guys might become available? Anthony Sorelli, who I think would be a nice fit in Buffalo.

I don't even know half these guys.

And again, I've been more or less paying attention mostly just to Buffalo.

Carlson at the right point.

Braden point.

Passes the puck down to the corner.

Here's Carlson.

2-2 game, still early in the second period.

The Lightning grabbed the lead back with some of their big names hooking up for a goal.

Braden Point goes curling into the zone on the right side.

Kucherov out in front.

I mean, so one other report that I saw, Emily Kaplan, who works for ESPN, said that one of the things Nikita Kucherov wants is he wants to play with star players.

And so to me, if I'm Braden Point, Like, that hurts.

If I'm Brandon Hagel, like, that hurts.

Like, and I don't know how true any of these reports are.

Maybe he wants to get paid more, but also the superstar comment is very confusing.

Yes, I do agree.

Brandon Hale, you know, Braden Point, Victor Hedman, all these other guys who are like great players who he's like, I don't want to play with them.

And we don't know that that could be, you know, backyard gossip.

I already went through and looked.

Braden Point, Vasilevsky, Jake Gensel, Brandon Hagel, Anthony Sorelli, everyone on our team who has a no move for the three final years of the deal.

It goes down to a 10-team trade list.

Nobody has full trade protection for their whole contract on this team.

You got to be ready to go at the puck drop.

You can't be leaving Braden Point open in the high slot.

It's a dangerous player.

I mean, of course, Kucherov is more dangerous at the time with the puck in his stick, but you can't be leaving that guy wide open.

But for me, the we got you covered play of the game goes to Vigo Bjork in the third period when the Jets were pushing and trying to keep this thing going.

He had an important play that allowed that to happen, allowed it to get as close as it was.

Braden Point had a breakaway, and it's Viggo Bjork's back check that forces him from not having that freebie.

And I've always talked about the importance of putting pressure on a guy who's on a breakaway.

For the Pope, Scotty, Pontus Holmberg, he now has 10 points in 12 games this season.

To put it into perspective, Braden Point also has 10 points this year.

So what a start for Pontus Holmberg this season for John Cooper's Tampa Bay Lightning.

And was Braden Point getting the scoring started on a pass from Nikita Kucherov in the first period? Also, Scotty, that was Kucherov's only point of the game when the Tampa Bay Lightning scored six.

Neil Pionk ties it on a blast.

That beats Andre Vasilevsky.

The issue for Tampa is that yesterday was an outlier performance.

Usually, you rely on Nikita Kucherov or Braden Point to drive the offense.

Against Nashville, if those guys don't get traffic in front, the power play stalls.

And honestly, the Jets game was a bit of a gift because Winnipeg was struggling defensively all week.