Brian Dumoulin

I have to look around." But there's something to be said, too, like, uh, I've been out there at times in my career where I'm, uh, I'm more of a defensive guy.

Like, say a Brian Dumoulin, and I'm out there on the ice with Brian Dumoulin.

I might be like, "All right, you know, I gotta still keep my head on a swivel, but I, I can cheat a little bit more.

I, I, I can kinda multitask." Well, if he's got the green light, that's now where the, the pro in him has to come through and be like, "I gotta pick my spots.

I don't, I don't think you need to have a ton of offensive defensemen to have a good offensive team.

I, I just, I just don't.

These guys are all in the National Hockey League, and Brian Dumoulin was that at times in his career.

I mean, him and Kris Letang were an incredible pair in Pittsburgh.

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He refers to him as Brian Dumoulin 2.0. That's some really significant praise, just to make sure we're keeping all that in perspective.

Mm-hmm.

Dumoulin himself was a, was a pretty significant player when the Penguins acquired him and became a very significant, more so than people will realize I think for years to come, contributor to two Stanley Cup championships as Cr- as Chris Letang's partner.

hang on one second here because Brandon Richter, who follows the men's ice hockey closer than most, uh, is of the opinion that Harding himself is playing really well there.

He refers to him as Brian Dumoulin 2.0. That's some really significant praise, just to make sure we're keeping all that in perspective.

Dumoulin himself was a pretty significant player when the Penguins acquired him and became very significant, more so than people will realize, I think, for years to come, contributor to two Stanley Cup championships as Chris Letang's partner.

And then when LeTang was out in 2017, making his own mark on the final here.

wrong but kirsanov was drafted in

where the heck is kirsanov why can't i find him uh was it really that okay kirsanov was drafted the same year as Brant Clark 2021. so Brant Clark hasn't been given like full reign to be Brant Clark yet kirsanov even less so he's drafted in 2021 and right now he's got you know we talk about you know how you have to be better than certain players in order to get a shot kirsanov's 23 years old he'll be 24 on September 19th in just a few days And Kirsanov has to be better than Mikey Anderson, better than Joel Edmondson, better than Brian Dumoulin, better than Eric Gustafson, better than Scott Prunovic, better than Angus Booth, better than, like, there's a long list of people that he's got to be better than in order to get that chance.

And every year that goes by, like Jared Woolley, you know, if let's say there was multiple injuries to the left side of the defense in L.A., who's most likely to get the shot to play those minutes right now today? I would say Angus Booth is first just because he got called up last year and played minutes, so he's top of the list.

Eric Gustafson steps in.

Their RFA re-sign, defenseman Brent Clark, five years, $7.4 million.

But as we saw a year ago, when Ken Holland decided to go to the geriatric ward to sign Corey Perry, who was 40 at the time, Yoel Armia, 31, Cody Ceci, 31, and Brian Dumoulin, who was 33.

This time around, he goes back and gets Perry for a second stint with the Kings.

So, of course, he'll be 41 when this season is played.