Brad Treliving

and so that's my responsibility that's the team's responsibility to help him he's gone through a tough stretch he's getting lots of chances a few more pucks have gone in

um nobody's talking about the production you know his defensive play you saw it at the olympics it gets talked about um i get it he's the captain of our team he's he's he's the face of our franchise he's one of the top players in the league he gets the attention he gets but i don't think he

He gets enough credit for all the other things that he does.

But a big part of what Austin does and has done better than most in the league is score goals.

It hasn't gone in for him recently.

And he knows it.

He wants them to go in.

He wants to be productive.

But it's also on us to help them and get players and a cast around them to assist them.

So that's how I look at it.

I have all the faith in the world.

And no hesitation to think that Austin's not going to be an elite player moving forward.

He's just, in my opinion, entering the prime of his career.

He's the leader of our team.

We saw it on the world stage in the Olympics.

Austin's a top player.

So players go through slumps.

Players go through times when it's not going in the net.

Well, we've got a big game tonight.

Let's call a spade a spade.