AJ Fredrickson

I don't think we have to look ahead on the schedule here and be like, okay, where's the next cupcake of a matchup for him to get his confidence back?

I think if you need to throw him back, you're not going to throw him back in there tomorrow.

It's going to be Gus tomorrow in Buffalo.

But then it's, okay, take your pick on Monday, Tuesday.

Do you want him to face Toronto in Toronto or do you want him to face the Canadians in Montreal?

he should be still good enough to where he can put these things behind him and move forward and come out with a good performance.

Good enough to let this team that is now shorthanded pretty heavily be competitive.

And I don't, he's not going to, I don't, I'm not expecting him to bounce back and like win you the game, steal you the game, but you need to have something where those shots like just talking about the Stanley one,

I'm going to say the angle probably could have been better.

Was it the Morrissey one?

I know he didn't see the shot off.

Yeah.

The other thing about this, too, moving forward, like spin, the positive spin zone here is that this potentially, if they handle it correctly, might be one of the best things that could happen to them.

And I say that because you look at some of the other teams, Edmonton Oilers.

Let's say they make a run.

They go to the playoffs again.

What's the thing they're able to when they face a little adversity, lean back on?

Connor McDavid's going to get up in that locker room and say, guys, last two seasons we've fallen short.

Do you want that to be the story here again?

You look at some of these other teams.