Amy Johnson

They really are.

And it's not going to get any easier from here.

It's really not.

One of the things, and no, we're not going to harp on this because we've talked about it a couple of weeks in a row now for different reasons, but we can't deny that whether or not they're built for this year's playoffs right now, we have to at least address the fact that, no, they didn't make any upgrades at the trade deadline.

So the roster they have is the roster they have.

communicate to fans um we we sure gave it the good college try um bizarre that that ken hughes keeps harping on this but he did again this past week and that's why we mentioned it absolutely now i i i talked about how okay the way the canadian the canadian style of play this season has has had some good stretches of of success over the regular season but it's

We all know the playoffs is a completely different beast.

We're already seeing that in games like the game against Boston, the game against Detroit.

You know, it's going to be the same thing against the Islanders.

It's going to be the same thing against Tampa, the playoff style games.

And particularly once you get into the actual postseason, the game changes completely.

And we need to talk about or at least analyze whether or not what has worked for the Canadians in their style of play at times during the season.

Is that going to work in the playoffs?

So then that means that's where you get into the lineup questions.

And I rattled off the first things that come to mind.

What's your answer with the forwards in terms of lines and who's in and who's sitting?

Defense pairings, what are you going to do about those?

And I think the big thing here is how much flexibility do they really have if something's not working once they hit the playoffs?

So let's start with the forwards.

OK, you can do that.