We want to appeal to your ears. We're going to run it right down their throat. This is Felger and Mass on 985. The Sports Up. The Sagan trade, man, we spent a lot of time on that. So there's no need to go back there. The only thing I would say, if it makes you feel me better, is that Sagan's not one in Dallas. No. They made the playoffs one of his three years, and they suck again this year. Yeah, and look, and he was, you know, he was injured a chunk of it. Like, other than that first year where he, hell, he was an MVP candidate, wasn't he? Where he had, you know, a- Finish six. Okay, so since that point, it doesn't feel like he's really flashed like he did at the beginning. And maybe it's just because the team's bad. But, you know, where do you go with that one? Those are a colossal mistake. So those, again, those don't really hurt. I mean, the return is just painful. So the return hurts, man. The return hurts. But the actual loss doesn't hurt until the guy starts winning. Joe Thornton never won.

So I don't feel the full pain of that one.

Kessel's started to win.

This makes it feel a little bit different. Like you can win with Phil Kessel. To this juncture, I don't know if you can win with Tyler Sagan. You know, maybe if he's the third and fourth guy like Kessel is now, you know, if he's surrounded by other guys who are better or more established or just winners, fine. If he's a, like, Kessel's a glorified role piece in Pittsburgh, a high scoring, a good one, but, you know, that's what he is there. So, but here's another person I'll second guess for you. And DuPont wrote this. and you watch the NHL, you and your kids, don't you watch the NHL Network in the highlight packages?

Sure. Yes, absolutely. Have you heard of a kid in Washington, a rookie with the Islanders named Matthew? I think it's Barzell is how they pronounce it. I haven't seen a ton of them. Matthew Barzell. I think he's a little undersized, but nasty, just super skilled, shifty.

Like, I see him on the highlight packs all the time because he's, well, DuPont says, he wrote this the other day.

Spino-Rama alert.

I'm eager to get my first lurk at dazzling rookie forward Matthew Barzell when the Islanders visit the garden on Saturday.

Barzell has six goals, 18 assists, and 24 points through 26 games.

So he's almost point a game as a rookie, 24 points through 26 games.

The Islanders drafted him at number 16 in the 2015 draft.

Number 16 in the 2015 draft. So this would be the spot immediately after the bruin's took

their three guys you drafted that year 13 14 and 15 Zaborl de bruskin seneishian were the three right

and this barzel kid looks like he could be the next thing.

Unbelievable. Okay, and again, I've only watched highlights. I've only seen him on the top 10 plays and this sort of thing. I haven't sat down and watched the Islander's game. So I have no idea how he plays in his own zone or anything. I don't know anything. Other than the kid is viciously skilled. He's nasty. and he's almost a point to game as a rookie is going to have rookie of the year consideration and looks like a legit stud he was drafted at 16

you drafted 13 14 15 Zaborl de brusk and senation oh i mean that that's that's one that, you know, again, because Seneishin was a reach.

If you go back to that draft at the time, everyone thought, what did they take in him for?

He doesn't project until the next round.

Like, that was a reach.

And so if a kid like this went in the very next pick, oh, egg, egg on their face.

And again, Zaborl hasn't done really anything for him yet either. This is why I think Debrusk is so huge for them. I mean, their whole rebuild is centered around, if not that draft, the draft in this run, right? In this last couple of years where they've been a borderline playoff team. And so it's all centered around that. You've got to hit on these picks. And that 2015 thing where they sat there, because they wanted to trade up and get Hanifin, so I like their personnel evaluation there because Hanofin is a stud. They tried to trade up and get Hanofin. They thought they had the deal on draft night. It fell apart, and they were sitting there with nothing, you know, with their schmenzer in their hands, as we like to say. and they used they had the deal on draft night it fell apart and they were sitting there with nothing you know with their schmenzer in their hands as we like to say and they used all those

picks two of the three aren't here yet one is and shows promise but the kid drafted right behind all those

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