what's a good spot in the lineup in your opinion at least to start for Patti um like third line left wing maybe does that make sense to you for me I think if you're bringing in a pater ready somebody with that track record I think you almost have to start him in the top six and if it doesn't work out then you're not going to go ahead with the contract I don't think they're signing Max Patch rated to be a bottom six player I I would not be shocked if he starts game of camp and he's with Austin Matthews and Mitch Marner like I I foresee Patti on the wing with either Tavarez or or or Matthews and and maybe again the wrinkle I don't know if you saw this report today but here we go again training camp just around the corner there's reports that Willie neander might play center this season so maybe it would make sense if you're not numbering your lines if if petti lines up with John tarz and it's on a third line well that's the thing I don't think that like if he's on the third line with certain guys it's like oh he's bottom six player now he's got a muck and grind and dump and Chase and like I don't think that's necessarily the thing but you do look at that and you look at Bobby McMahon and pontis Holberg like pretty lean on that left side where's the depth and stuff and now all of a sudden um I think on opening night it's going to look completely different it's going to look thicker and heavier and deeper and more talent and I mean we'll just see what he looks like like Max pater ready is a very I know he's getting a little bit older but his talent level and skill he's like a premier scorer playmaker and then ran into some injury problems and and Achilles Like if that I know that he probably rushed it or something wasn't healed properly and he redid it I mean to do your Achilles in the first place like I've always heard like you're toast for for 12 months and then to do it again it's like oh my God like no wonder he's like marked as this Band-Aid who's not who's totally done blah blah I mean it's a terrible injury but if that thing's healed and fixed it's just got to be by now and it's I don't know how watching Achilles is a factor when it's in a skate because I'm pretty sure he heard it off ice like if if that's not an issue then I think the Leafs are going to look like Geniuses bringing this guy in because he's only going to benefit them and if it's in if it's in the Top Line like playing with Matthews and Marner neand or whatever or if it's down a little bit more in a in just you know whatever four or five more limited minutes I think he can be super effective assuming he's going to stay healthy and I mean the knock on the Leafs r now for anyone that wants to you know be a naysayer about them is you're just going to say oh well watch us blow up in their face when all these injuries come to fruition and if that happens let's say wool goes down Patti goes down Haw andpa goes down it's just like yeah that's going to be a disaster but you got to have reason to believe that's not going to happen I don't think the powers that be would be signing these guys up unless they thought no I think these guys are 100% ready to rock and we have faith that they'll be healthy yeah it's another low-risk high reward type play uh I mean I I think to the point of the question I think there's a lot of moving Parts like you you filter in Max DOI of the conversation is he going to play up the middle is he going to play the wing um you know what do you do with William neander is he going to play the wing is he playing up the middle that's why I'm so curious day one to Camp what the initial configurations look like but for me at least and I know the player is mid-30s and going to be 36 in November I still know what Max petti when healthy can bring to the table and I think he would flourish maybe you know obviously playing with the best Center's ever play with and Matthews like at the very least I can tell you right now I think they'll give that Trio a look Patti Matthews Mitch Marner make sure to check out more of our content right here on the Leafs Nation YouTube page we got long form interviews we got Clips we got epic rants by J Roso we simply have it all and don't forget you can find out much more at the leafnation tocom thanks so much for watching [Music]