Craig MacTavish

And going into the start of the year, I don't know how you could think that we were in a better position than we were the previous year.

Yeah, yeah.

But, you know, we just didn't have the same depth that we've had in the past.

At forward, yeah.

At forward, yeah.

And, you know, so it was a struggle for him to put it all together.

I mean, you're managing holes in the dike daily.

And I listened to his press conference yesterday, and to me, he exhibited a lot of leadership for me.

How so?

Well, he didn't throw any of his assistants under the bus.

And to me, whether he feels that way or not, that's leadership.

Well, I mean, the guy in Utah, the coach in Utah.

The bear, Andre Tourne.

Andre Tourne.

I mean, yeah, they asked him to throw one of his players under the bus after the first game or two of them.

And Schmaltz and Keller.

And he said, you know, you should have been here for the 82 other games because I didn't do it.

in those 82 games, and I'm certainly not doing it here in the playoffs.

And Knobloch didn't do that either.

No, but who knows what happens behind closed doors?