Weeks When Years Happen

Ryan Lambert· Host0:00

[upbeat music] I'm Ryan Lambert from The Perfect Takes Newsletter.

Sean McIndoe· Host0:14

I'm Sean McIndoe from The Athletic.

Ryan Lambert· Host0:16

And I'm gonna, I'm gonna say this to my friend Sean right off the hop here. I apologize for the length of this show.

Sean McIndoe· Host0:25

Oh, no.

Ryan Lambert· Host0:26

The, I mean, this was the craziest week I can remember where not just, like, trades and signings, but, like, surprising trades and signings, and also expansion news, and also free agency is tomorrow. You know? Like, it is as busy of a week as I can really remember in the league in the summer.

Sean McIndoe· Host0:52

Yeah. This is, like, the NHL loves to cram an entire off-season into, like, a week and a half.

Ryan Lambert· Host1:00

Yeah. And then that allows them to, on July 5th, be like, "See you in September. Goodbye."

Sean McIndoe· Host1:07

See ya. We're gonna generate- We're outta here ... no news for three months, and then expect a bunch of excitement when we come back.

Ryan Lambert· Host1:14

That's right. So, I- Let's dive into it, I guess. Yeah.

Sean McIndoe· Host1:19

Yeah.

Ryan Lambert· Host1:19

I mean, uh, we'll kinda go in chronological order a little bit, but I'll put it this way. Within