First of all, can you give us an update on Marquis?

So So Markey got hurt?

Yeah, the other night in the Boston game.

It's a lower body injury.

Um, he, you know, we woke up the next day, felt okay.

He flew to Montreal.

He we went and he did an M r I this morning.

Um, he's flying back tomorrow.

Gonna meet with our doctors Wednesday morning, and we'll have a better time line after that.

The report that it could be 3 to 4 weeks is I'm going to see that it'll it could be like, I don't know.

We don't know for sure yet how long it's gonna be, but like I said, he's flying back tomorrow.

Gonna meet with our doctors Wednesday morning, and we should have a better time line like Wednesday afternoon late Wednesday.

Concerned at Jim, with the season in the end, the schedule you have ahead of you in March.

Well, we've been, you know, we've been working with Thatcher Demko now for a year and 1/2 and this is, you know, he's played good goal for us.

We are.

Team has confidence in him.

This is an opportunity for him to, you know, step in and and, you know, play like he's played for us all year.

So, um, you know, it's not a perfect situation, but it's it's, you know, it is what it is.

And it's gonna be a great opportunity for Thatcher.

You go for Lowy domain.

But Robert Lee Neural also moved roughly the same time.

Was there any interest there?

Um, well, you know, we've been taught we were talking Ah, on the dimming thing all morning.

Um, it made sense for us to, you know, do that.

We gave up, uh, saying McIntyre for Louie.

Louie has experience.

He's, you know, in the league.

And he's played while we, um you know, we were really weren't in on the letter thing, though.

Well, Markstrom is out.

Yes, he's flying into Montreal.

We haven't done.

We're still in the queue on the trade call, but we get trade called done here, and then he'll fly into backup Thatcher tomorrow.

Tacos has changed it all after your team's performance on Saturday against the Bruins of 93 victory, as well as the way that they've played all season long.

But did that change your way out, but maybe doing business today because there was a lot of business that was being done in terms of keeping your group together.

Well, like I've said all along, I really like our group.

Well, I like the team.

I like the players.

I like the chemistry of the group.

Um, you know, we tried to address, like, losing Brock there.

We tried to address going out and getting Tyler to fully to make up for some of that scoring.

And he's showing to be a good fit so far.

Um, I guess the other thing I would say is like, you know, we gave up a first round pick last summer to acquire, you know, J T Miller and and you know, So we Adam over the course of this whole year.

So, um, I think last July 1st we were aggressive and, you know, signing some extra players and through injuries and stuff, you know, we've needed extra players around, and and so, you know, I'm I'm happy, you know, that we able to get Tyler Toffoli.

Uh, and he's part of our group going forward.

I like our defense.

Um, I like the depth of our team.

So hopefully we can keep playing hard and went in our share games.

What do you make with what went down around you?

Orders got busy today.

Vegas did as well.

What do you see with everything that went on today?

Well, I think you know, each team tries to address whatever needs they think, you know, makes their team better.

You know, like with us.

When we lost Brock, we tried to, you know, figure figures, something out, dad.

More scoring.

So we went and got to fully so, you know, I'm not, um you know what other teams did doesn't concern us.

We need to take care of our own business.

We need toe keep playing well, as a team.

And, you know, when our share games.

And, you know, we played together all years a group.

So I think there's something to be said for that.

Two suggestions.

Tunes like resiliency of been tossed around.

Is this gonna be a real toast?

Yeah, but like every team goes through injuries, um, we've tried toe have the depth, you know, to overcome injuries.

And, you know, this is this is going to be a good chance for Thatcher to, you know, get in games and show us what he can do.

And he's played well for us all year, So I expect him to know.

No, there's been a suggestion that you were gonna look to improve your back in.

We're close in that regard.

Uh, I'm happy with our defense.

You know, we talked in different situations.

Two different teams, but nothing, you know, really made sense.

I didn't think for us it was gonna improve us drastically.

And so I'm happy with our group.

Was there any serious discussions on choice?

Statue Not saying you were looking to move in, but even teams looking to acquire Yeah.

So there was teams that called me on Troy.

Stature like I never brought up his name.

Like we're trying to move him.

I like choice.

Stature.

He's a competitive kid.

He's a Vancouver kid, you know?

He shows up and he competes hard every night.

You know, it got out there that teams were calling us on him.

Um, but like, he's part of our group of six guys.

And, you know, I was never really looking to shop him or move him.

It's just that came out there that teams were calling us on him.

What about the toughness piece?

I know that when Simmons name was was there at one point Was that an area you want to address?

What we talked about that, um, we got Zach McCue and that, you know, is a player that, you know, Can we think in play minutes for us?

And he supplies us with some of that.

Um, you know, he'll stick up for his teammates, but we talked about it.

Um, we talked to other teams, but nothing made sense for us to go out and try to give up the assets that were there.

Other teams were asking for it to bring that piece into our group.

Jim, whether it was maybe baertschi or another player, whether any moves considered to help yourself out, capitalize now or in the future.

We You know, we talked to some teams about spend.

Um, some teams showed interest.

They, you know, we're going to try to see if they could figure it out, like, you know, uh, with another player from another team.

I circle back with the teams.

You know, before the end of the trade deadline and they had, They found other options, so it didn't end up working out where, you know, we could do anything with him now, but I think maybe at the draft there might be a chance.