Craig MacTavish

So they're playing well.

And then Joel Quinville, as you mentioned, with all his experience.

And then Jay Woodcroft, smart guy.

And, you know, nobody would know Connor McDavid better than Jay Woodcroft.

And, I mean, he's devised a plan, not so much the last couple games, because Connor's been productive, but the first couple games about getting on the right side of him, bumping him whenever he can, and just trying to limit the damage that he's going to do.

And

you know the overall high arcing picture is you know it you know connor hasn't been the level of uh game changer and uh uh series maker he normally is as well as zach and they're they're both banged up but i think for me

going into that game tomorrow night i try and simplify it as much as i can and let's get rnh back which he was last night with uh with connor and zach and you know put an emphasis i mean not that you need to because they're going to put a lot of pressure on themselves to begin with right but just to outplay the guys that you're playing against because we're getting

you know, really good results from Podkos and Leon and Kapanen have played fantastic.

So if we can, I mean, that would be, you know, super doable that those guys can win the game tomorrow night or certainly win the matchup that they have.

But you're right.

The coaching has been, they've done a really good job and they're getting more confidence and you see, you know,

You know, everybody talks about the future, but the future might be now if they can win a game in the next three.

Well, I think it's, you know, you have to give credit

to the Anaheim Ducks.

And I've said this before on our show that, you know, the series that I've been a part of as a player that I've lost, I've never felt like I was an effective player in that series because the opposition is good right now and they're doing all they can to limit the success of our big guys and our team.

So you have to give Anaheim a lot of credit, but

As we talked about, there's a lot of upside left if these guys are healthy enough and not too beat up to get it done tomorrow night.

Well, you got to think, you know, you can be so consumed in your own situation that you forget there are two teams in this.

And that's a tough, tough game for Anaheim to win their first playoff win series in a long time.