Why alter the payment schedule, paying Marleau $8 million, then $6 million, then $4 million?
Lamoriello: It’s always easier if there were ever an opportunity to make a transaction in the latter part of the contract to trade him. It’s less for another team to take on.
Let’s talk a little bit about this deal. Obviously, you went after him. I assume this was not entirely a Lou Lamoriello initiative, and that you had conversations with your cohorts there at MLSE. Was there a consensus that this was a guy that you felt you wanted to get?