Craig MacTavish

He's not going to make...

mental mistakes.

And, you know, we switch him out for a young up-and-coming Josh Zemanski, who's, you know, for all intent and purpose, going to be a decent version of Adam Henry.

But experience at this point in the playoffs is...

really vital and you know even even uh the overtime goal off the face off which we we you know marginally win the face off we don't get the clear and it ends up coming back and biting us so a little bit of depth uh through of loss of depth through the injuries and loss of experience makes a big difference as you know at this time of year

Yeah, so did I. I mean, I was a bit surprised that he got the start, but I mean, when you're with him on a day-to-day basis, like the goaltender coach would be and the head coach, you get a pretty good feel of where a guy's mentality is and whether he's got the

mental toughness and the mindset to step up and do a super pressure-filled game.

And they must have made that assessment of Tristan.

And it was the right assessment because he did play really well, I thought, last night.

Well, for sure, they're getting better every game, too, which is a bit scary for us.

But, you know, you look at a guy like Truba, who normally, you know, the M.O.

against Jacob Truba is good NHL defenseman, tough as hell, but prone at times for some mental breakdowns and mental blunders.

And you just haven't seen that out of him.

And you've got to give a lot of credit to the coaching staff for eliminating that and getting that out of his game because he's been outstanding.

I mean, they're basically playing four defensemen for the majority of the game.

The other two guys have played well and stepped up.

But, you know, Tyson Hins and Drew Hellison are playing, you know, seven minutes a game.

The other...

The other guys, a great acquisition by Pat Verbeek in getting John Carlson, too.

He's a stud.