Brian Lawton

for all the management teams in the NHL.

When is it time to make those decisions?

I will tell you this.

Being at the Wild game last night, and I actually did something I don't do that often.

I sat very low down to the ice.

I was absolutely impressed with how hard both teams defended.

That was an incredible game last night.

Just the way that Montreal played the other night against Buffalo.

That's what it's taking to win in the playoffs.

And it's a really good lesson for anybody that's looking to improve or make changes for next year.

You've got to have guys that are willing to defend to the end of the earth.

Colorado, they easily could have lost that game last night.

They were just relentless in that game.

Gary is a very active commissioner, but I have never heard any instance of him intervening that way.

Okay.

The nice thing about Gary is he'll always tell you what he's thinking.

He may do it, you know, time delayed, this, that, or the other thing.

I've certainly had some experiences, but I always appreciated that if there's something like this that was bothering him,

I don't know of any cases I'm suggesting, and believe me, I would tell you if I did, but I've never had any personal instance.

I don't think this is something he would weigh in on.