All right, guys, major news just broke.

We're going to touch on it briefly because we have to.

We have to take advantage of breaking news.

Clearly, Don Sweeney being re-signed for a two-year extension right now.

I do think that this has somewhat to do with the coaching search.

I do think that there is something to be set out there, despite Don Sweeney saying at the end of the year

press conferences about, hey, no one's going to not take a call for the Boston Bruins head coach,

one of the most historic jobs.

Well, 15 people have taken the calls.

He's right about that, but there's still a step to be had when it comes to actually

signing the contract.

I do wonder if his, what's the phrase that people say when, uh,

someone's on the last year of their contract. Lame duck. Lame duck. I knew it was some sort of

animal. Um, lame duck may not have been lame, the lame otter may not have been great for

coaches trying to sign here because like, oh, what if Sweeney gets fired, what does that mean for me?

Well, now prospective head coaches know that Don Sweeney is around for two more years.

So there's that.

Yeah, that that was kind of where my mind went is, you know, because look, I asked Kim nearly about this on breakup day.

You know, would they, what did Cam Neely about this on breakup day, you know, would they,

what, did he want to extend Sweeney now or could he go through the season, uh, without an extension

in place? And Cam Naley at the time said he was still thinking about it, about what his decision

was going to be. Uh, obviously he has now made a decision, and I think it's absolutely fair to wonder if the

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