David Poile

Don't hand them out.

Now, I think Chris Johnson was saying the other day that David Poile for years in Nashville said, "We don't give those out." And then I think it was Pekka Rinne finally who was like, "Well, you're gonna give one to me." Uh, and then Filip Forsberg said, "Well, he got one, so you're gonna give one to me," and then the cycle starts.

Um, ultimately, Alan, you have to have played a lot of games, and you have to be a very good player in many instances to even sniff a no trade or a no move clause.

So I, I guess to wrap this seg- this, this subject up, it seems like a very odd thing that we're talking about this, especially the fact that 20 days ago the new CBA kicked in.

You know? And, and, and the, and the reaction to that will be players are probably not gonna choose to stay there when they can, because they want trade protection, they want control over the destination of their careers, and they won't agree to it, right? But nobody's forcing you to give 'em out.

Don't give 'em out.

There was, um, a- as you said, David Poile.

There was, uh, a another team who said, "As a matter of principle, I will not give out no move clause," and that was, uh, Glen Sather, and we talked about this previously on this podcast.

Nashville playing tonight.

Like, I think David Poile was firm.

He's like, "I'm not giving anyone to anyone."

That's right.

Yeah.

But he's going in the Hall of Fame, and that's something, you know, I, I was lucky enough to go two years ago when David Poile and Shea Weber were inducted together.

Yeah.

So really excited to go see Pekka, you know, so deservedly to get into the Hall of Fame, and, you know, like that's the guy with the statue outside the building.

... element to that.

Right.

So the first season it was Shea Weber, um, David Poile, and Pekka Rinne inducted into our own Golden Hall.

But obviously those guys came back for that, and it was cool to see the alumni that came back for that, too.