Brian Hayes

It was Jamie Benn drafted in the fifth round from Kelowna who was playing in Victoria.

So all this BS about best player available.

The team, the player you want to take, know what you want, know what you're getting, put a stake in the ground and damn the torpedoes.

Well, you can't do anything about players that aren't playing, right?

You know, the bottom line is they're not in the lineup.

You've got to get in there and play.

You know, I'm going to mention something, and Jamie can relate to this very well.

But I thought the Colorado Avalanche played a really good game.

I thought Carter Hart was really good.

I mean, the first goal on Wedgwood, that's a goal.

I mean, he wants that one back.

No kidding.

The player coming out of the penalty box, you know, leads to the ultimate winning goal.

But I thought Colorado had a lot of good chances, and Carter Hart played really well.

Darryl Sutter would tell players.

Listen, when you're coming into the lineup, we can't worry about who's not in the lineup.

And he would tell the players coming into the lineup, listen, here's what I need you to do.

I'm not going to ask you to do more.

Don't give me less.

And I'm not going to put you in the situations you can't handle.