Chris Phillips

I think like eventually there'll be a time when one of those two guys gets it down the road, but it's not right now.

And I think like, you look at like Chris Phillips was overlooked in the past when it was Eric Carlson's time.

He was overlooked when it was Jason

Spezza.

Um, but yeah, it'll be an interesting ca- I will say, if he plays out the, the whole, the rest of his contract and he's like second or third in, in, um, points in franchise history, he deserves to be, uh, you know, number 19 in the rafters considering who else is in the rafters.

And I, I'm not taking any s- uh, kind of slights at Chris Neil or, or, uh, Chris Phillips, but Drake Batherson's a much better [laughs] hockey player than both of those guys, and he will have played for just as long, essentially, as those two guys, if not m- longer.

So, uh-

Yeah.

He has always been that way and he was very receptive to coaching early in his career.

He's done so much for so many guys that played there, whether it was Chris Phillips, Wade Redden, Erik Karlsson, you know, Marian Hossa.

Think about all the young players that came after Daniel Alfredsson started his pro career.

All those young players were the beneficiary of Daniel Alfredsson and the kindness and the polite person that he is.

Uh, Jacqueline Belsito is the, uh, president of the foundation, and Shane Pinto.

And we just had, uh, the big rig Chris Phillips on.

And in case you missed it, uh, Chris Phillips, uh, who wore number four, uh, for his career and retired, uh, his number four is retired and hanging from the rafters.

Uh, he had a very unique hat on, uh, that had, um, uh, what do you call when the, the numbers are raised on a hat? Is it embossed? Is it blazed? Or-

Raised numbers.

Okay, can I give you an update? I, I-

Oh

... know I'm, I'm dwelling on this and gassing on, but can I give you an update on the Chris Phillips-

And I- I was mentioning to Jacqueline how fun it's been to watch that trans- uh, transition or transaction of, uh, responsibility, community responsibility from players, uh, NHL players in a new city passing the torch to, uh, from one generation to the next, basically, right? It was, um, you know, the Marshes and Lori Boschman emphasizing to the younger players, new players in the NHL, the importance of being in the community.

That gets passed on to Chris Phillips, um, that 3527.

Sorry, I meant 3527.

Um, Chris Neil, Daniel Alfredsson comes in and he does the same thing, and it's, it's just a, a long line of players who not just believe in what they do on the ice for their team, but what they do in the community for their team as well.

Then we had Jacqueline Belsito on, the president of the Senators Community Foundation.

And then we had Shane Pinto on.

Then we had Chris Phillips on.

Then we played the audio of Drake Batherson's meeting from the scrum with the media.