Patrick Lyoné has been cleared and he is ready to come back. Teams have been given permission to speak to his agent to try to work out a contract deal. Not a contract, excuse me, a trade, because he's got two years left on his deal with the Columbus Blue Jackets, but they'll obviously want to speak to him first. It feels like he'll start the year with Columbus, doesn't it? At this point?

Well, I mean, what we're seeing by the complete lack of signings and the fact that any signings we are seeing are either under a million dollars or not an NHL contract. It just feels impossible for a team to acquire this player without sending something large back in terms of salary. I've seen some Habs fans getting all hot and bothered about the idea of a Line A for Josh Anderson. I think if Josh Anderson has any say, he would probably to lock a trade back to Columbus.

And he probably does have a day.

I don't know.

Birch Van headed those out like candy.

Well, and I mean, he had a seven-year deal, right? Maybe the no trade is his bloody contract. It's difficult to see a team having the wiggle room to include a guy like Line A in a way that makes any sense. Could teams do it? Yeah, there are teams with space, but I think there's a lot of internal budgets.

You also- You look at it like the ducks. It's like, Well, the ducks could. Yeah, but they're not winning, so they have an internal budget.

Well, and you also just... Lyoné is fascinating, and this has been the In case, since two or three years into his career, you have no idea what you're getting. Are you going to get a guy who's going to score no goals this month? Are you going to get a guy who scores 20 goals this month? The is often, yes. He's one of the streakeiest players going, where his shot is just a touch of God or completely useless.

It might be best for him with a new coach and a new outlook from top down in Columbus. Don Wendell doesn't mess around. I'm a big fan of that guy.

Maybe his new team is Columbus.

That's what I was going to say. Put him with Johnny Hockey, put a a capable center in between the two of them, and make something happen.

Stop screwing around with this Lina at center.

Oh, no. Lina is not going to be a center. No, he's not a center. Put Ken Johnson in there. Call it a day. Another headline has to do with the coyotes, but it's good.

Are you ready?

Now, one of the things that we've talked about on this show plenty of times is the Suns have a great owner. Matt Ispia, who took over from the last guy who created a brutal working culture there, and it was so bad that the NBA owners forced him out. Matt Ispia took over. He sent out, you could sign up for an antenna so you could get local Suns games to your house. This guy is intent on building sports in Arizona. And here's what he said in the Phoenix Mercury. Sorry, not in the Phoenix Mercury. That's the team.

That's the WNBA team.

What I can't remember the.

The Gazette.

The Gazette. I made that up. And then his Phoenix Suns and the WNBA. And the WNBA is Phoenix Mercury. As soon as I said that, I was like, Oh, okay. And he also talked to Sportico. That's where this one comes from. He said he would be interested in bringing an NHL team back to Arizona. He said, I'm definitely going to be a part of the community. And if I can help bring hockey back, I'll look at that. It's definitely something I'm interested in. It's a four-sport town. I'm disappointed we don't have a hockey team, but I understand what happened, and we're going to try to fix that one day. And what's interesting about that quote is that if you'd asked him two years ago, he said, not interested, not getting involved. It was the owner.

I think it was always the owner. And here we go. Now they can begin to heal.

I I wouldn't be surprised if the next two expansions are Phoenix and Atlanta. Atlanta seems to be the closest. They got two or three groups that are involved there. You get Phoenix, Atlanta, and you got to do Houston at some point, too.

Yeah, they already got the rink and everything where the Rockets play. I assume that could be converted. I don't know if there's ice in it yet, but the arena is there.

And it's such a big market. You have to get in. You got to get Texas.

I feel horrible for Coyotes fans, but I guess starting from complete scratch is just what they had to do.

Yeah, I like this. I think this guy is the guy. And he also... Listen, Mattishby isn't that stupid. If he owns the Coyotes, the NBA and the WNBA teams, you become pretty successful. The mayor? Well, yeah. I mean, you look at the power that MLSC has in Toronto. Like all sponsorships and everything flows through them. It's why mega corporations like Rogers and Bell bought it. There's so much money and so much cachet with owning that. This guy is setting himself up. And I bet the NHL is already on his doorstep going, Let's do this. Let's work out the fee. Let's make it happen.

Do you live in the Greater Phoenix area? Are you looking to have a night out? Give me money. That's basically, you have to give him money unless you're going to a club, and he might own that, too. I don't know.

He made his money somehow. Wasn't in pro-sports. I don't know. So, yeah.

Anywhere. Mortgages, I believe. What is it? Mortgages? Mortgages. Oh, there you go.

He owns your house.

No, he owns the mortgage on your house. He just makes money on your payments.

It's easy. Pores own houses. Riches own mortgages.

That's right. Got it. That's right. It's like you don't buy the Tesla, you buy the Tesla stock.

Or you used to.

Now you don't buy the Tesla stock. You don't buy the Tesla stock.

Now, it'sNVIDIA.

It's not going well. Nvidia?

Yeah. Aren't they the number one stock in the last year? Yes, they are.

I don't even know. I don't know what they do, but I've seen it on TikTok. It's computers. Okay, that's good for them. Lastly, Dean Everison, again, who has laserized just like Bill Zito, the Columbus Blue Jackets open their season against producer Hayden's Minnesota Wild. It's fun. Dean Everison finally came out and was honest and said what everybody already knew, which is, he said, When ex-coach is going and say, 'This game means nothing to me, ' that's such bull.

Yeah, he said bull.

Because it means something. Look for the Blue Jackets to get fired up.

I just loved that a lot and was really happy he said that.

Me too.

All of a sudden made me fired up for Minnesota, Columbus, which I haven't been since expansion. For both of them in the same sentence.

It's Andrew Burnet played for both teams.

Yeah. No, them separately, sure. Together at the same time, no.

Marty St. Louis also jumped into the headlines this past week, and he said he was talking about how Steven Stamkos, what leaving Tampa was like in signing in Nashville. And he said, he's going to look back on his career, and I think he's going to be happy that he experienced something else.

That is really interesting because you never hear that. You always hear the cautionary tale.

Grass isn't always greener. But in this case, Steven liked the grass that he had. The grass just didn't like him back.

This isn't a case of Oh, I got a year or two left. This is a player who has an abundance of hockey left.

It's a guy game.

Yeah. And it's interesting because both he and St. Louiswill add to the nepo baby tally of the Black Hawks. Let's go through the other members of the Black Hawks who are now, who are currently nepo babies. We'll start with Philip Khrushchev, who is the son of former Russian hockey player Konstantin.Konstantin.Konstantin Khrushchev, who played in the KHO.I didn't play in the NHL.You're not counting it.No. All right. Played pro, but he didn't play NHL.Let's move over to Mr. Nick Felino.Yes, that was the- Who is the son of Mike Felino, who played a long time for the Buffalo Sabers. Okay.So we have a neppo baby there. Do you count this one? Okay. Connor Bedard. Little known neppo baby. What? Connor Bedard's great, great, great uncle, James Bedard, played 22 games for the Blackhawks-No way. Between 1949 and 1951.I had never heard that in my life.James Bedard. That's a fun fact. How come no one said a story on James Bedard?James Bedard played his great, great uncle.That's cool. If somebody comes out with a story about James Bedard, by the way, I know you're a listener of this show. Because sometimes we do things. I'm like, I feel like that wasn't brought up. And then so and so is doing a story.Jimmy Bedd. James Bedard. Never heard of that. So, Connor Bedard. Basically, if you go through every NHL player, there's some athlete in their family. Angus Khan. Next up, we'll go to Lucas Rykiel, whose father is Martin Rykiel, who played in the Czech League.Oh, I thought you were going to say Robert Rykiel.Robert Rykiel. Lucas Rykiel is the nephew of Robert Rykiel. There's two connections there in nepo baby land of the Rykiel.I think that's better than Khrushchev because at least Robert played, right? If we're going to count Tyler, or we're not going to count Tyler.No, we're not going to count Tyler. There you go with the forward group of the Black who have some nepo baby connection. I didn't do the defense, but the forward group, there you go.That's good, man. That's a good digging, Jesse.I don't know if there's a combination of a Rykiel, Bedard, Khrushchev line that played last season, but that would have counted as all hockey pro hockey player Netbo Baby Line. If that was a line, maybe.Did Bertuzzi... Oh, yeah, we already talked about Bertuzzi with Domi and Nylander. Yeah. Interesting. Wow.

will add to the nepo baby tally of the Black Hawks. Let's go through the other members of the Black Hawks who are now, who are currently nepo babies. We'll start with Philip Khrushchev, who is the son of former Russian hockey player Konstantin.

Konstantin.

Konstantin Khrushchev, who played in the KHO.

I didn't play in the NHL.

You're not counting it.

No. All right. Played pro, but he didn't play NHL.

Let's move over to Mr. Nick Felino.

Yes, that was the- Who is the son of Mike Felino, who played a long time for the Buffalo Sabers. Okay.

So we have a neppo baby there. Do you count this one? Okay. Connor Bedard. Little known neppo baby. What? Connor Bedard's great, great, great uncle, James Bedard, played 22 games for the Blackhawks-No way. Between 1949 and 1951.

I had never heard that in my life.

James Bedard. That's a fun fact. How come no one said a story on James Bedard?

James Bedard played his great, great uncle.

That's cool. If somebody comes out with a story about James Bedard, by the way, I know you're a listener of this show. Because sometimes we do things. I'm like, I feel like that wasn't brought up. And then so and so is doing a story.

Jimmy Bedd. James Bedard. Never heard of that. So, Connor Bedard. Basically, if you go through every NHL player, there's some athlete in their family. Angus Khan. Next up, we'll go to Lucas Rykiel, whose father is Martin Rykiel, who played in the Czech League.

Oh, I thought you were going to say Robert Rykiel.

Robert Rykiel. Lucas Rykiel is the nephew of Robert Rykiel. There's two connections there in nepo baby land of the Rykiel.

I think that's better than Khrushchev because at least Robert played, right? If we're going to count Tyler, or we're not going to count Tyler.

No, we're not going to count Tyler. There you go with the forward group of the Black who have some nepo baby connection. I didn't do the defense, but the forward group, there you go.

That's good, man. That's a good digging, Jesse.

I don't know if there's a combination of a Rykiel, Bedard, Khrushchev line that played last season, but that would have counted as all hockey pro hockey player Netbo Baby Line. If that was a line, maybe.

Did Bertuzzi... Oh, yeah, we already talked about Bertuzzi with Domi and Nylander. Yeah. Interesting. Wow.