Cole Schwindt

Can I, can I a- ask you about the Bobrovsky thing? Did you see the clip from Florida? I don't know if this made it into your timeline, but this is one that it's gonna, you're not gonna love.

But I think the night, uh, the, the Cole Schwindt, or I don't know, some guy that they were doing-

He let him do the rookie lap?

He did the rookie lap.

Yep.

That leaves Cole Schwindt, Cole Reinhart on, uh, maybe on their way down or through waivers.

I guess we'll see here in a bit.

Right.

And it's crazy because after, after the first period, Kai gets with Katie Engelson in the, in the tunnel and they have an interview asking him what it means to play with his brother, how much it means to his family as the two guys from Kitchener, Ontario are under the same franchise.

And I mean, Cole Schwindt being part of that trade for Matthew Kachuk, him being sent out, and then finding his way back to the Florida Panthers, and then having a pretty great season last year, although he had a lot of injuries, two separate injuries that kept him out for long periods of time.

The fact that that whole fourth line with Hunter St. Martin, Kai Schwinn, and Cole Reinhardt, that's a speedy line.

They were able to just win the race to the boards, get in on their forecheck.

You got Mackenzie Weegar, who we knew was gonna be a top four defenseman for the Flames.

They got a first-round pick as well in Cole Schwindt in that deal.

Looked like a pretty good trade for a team that was painted into a corner by Matthew Tkachuk.

Now, in hindsight, he's won two Stanley Cups, so, uh, I think you could argue the Panthers won that trade.

[cheering] And what about the forwards? @hockeydad55 asks about the wingers.

We have Brad Marchand, Matthew Tkachuk, Tomas Nosek, Garnet Hathaway, plus Angus Kruikshank, Jonah Gadjovich, Bokonji Iwama, Cole Reinhart, Sandis Velmanis, and Cole Schwindt.

Who sticks? [drum roll]

Marchand and Tkachuk are locks.