Chris Johnston

I'm pretty optimistic.

Yeah.

I mean, they just got that ice like last weekend was the first games ever played on it.

Naturally, when you're making ice, there's kind of a process to that, you know, but they have the guy Don Moffitt that's making the ice there makes the ice for the Colorado Avalanche.

So, I mean, they've got a lot of expertise on the ground and,

You know, if you just take the arena ball and ignore the scoreboard small and all that stuff, it looks like a hockey rink.

They have everything they need there.

I mean, it might be a little different if you're a fan at those games.

It doesn't seem like there'll be as many kind of amenities around the rink, we'll call it.

But let's face it, most people experience this tournament through TV.

And so I think the games themselves will happen, noodles and end.

Most of us back home will be almost none the wiser once it actually gets going and we're just focused on who's winning, who's losing, all the things that are happening.

So, yeah, I'm pretty confident with that.

And I got the assignment because I have a nice boss at The Athletic where I do my written work that they suggested to me about a month ago.

Hey, we'd love to have someone go over there.

Would you be willing to do that?

And it took me about...

Less than 10 seconds to reply with a yes.

So much of it's going to hinge to me on what we see even through the duration of this season, right?

I don't think this is an area the Leafs have to do anything this year at all.