Chris Johnston

He's obviously signed for another three years beyond this one at a pretty good ticket.

So, you know, I suppose it's something they could potentially reevaluate.

But given what they've...

committed to him and the other options.

I think that they're pot committed on him.

And to be fair to all, Mark, I think that was his first regulation loss in a couple months.

He's been playing better.

Which, you know, I mean, can't jump on them just for the one bad game.

I know the goaltending, though, has been a huge underlying story of their season.

But, you know, let's face it.

I just I look at all the other options.

I don't they don't have a Jacob Fowler.

Right.

If they had a Fowler in the minors, I'd say that was the time to go to him.

But they just don't have anything like that to turn to instead.

It's right there for them.

I mean, just with how the Pacific is shaping up, you know, you look at strength of schedule, they actually, I think, face the fewest playoff teams among everyone around them in the standings down the stretch.

So, you know, there is an opportunity for them, I think, to win the division, which means you're playing a wildcard team, which could be any number of teams at this point, Utah, San Jose, you know, a bunch of others in that mix.

But obviously the kind of teams that also haven't,

had had much experience of late so you know i don't know that they're going to make noise going on a run to the conference final but you know it's been a long road eight years uh back to the playoffs for them and they're on a pretty good track to at least slay that demon and depending on their round one matchup i mean i could see them winning around you know the one thing i was down to skate this morning that joel quentville mentioned that i thought was kind of funny but he's like