Craig McTavish

I laugh at these discussions because they're, they're...

In-game decisions, what's working in this game, and it's not always going to be, yeah, McDavid, Dreisaitl, let's put them in for 82 games.

There are games it's not going to work, and you're going to have to switch them out.

Somebody else is going to find chemistry.

And I think Chris has done an amazing job, actually, when to put them together and when to separate them.

But as I said, our top six is as good as any top six in the league, and I would not trade our top six for any other top six that I can think of, nor would I our bottom six.

There's probably no other team in the league that I wouldn't trade our bottom six for their bottom six.

Oh, injuries, it is an excuse.

I mean, it's a valid excuse.

I mean, we were beat up, and Henrik, I mean, I remember you and I talking here about...

henrique over samansky and i mean it was kind of a laughable question to me at the time i mean you need guys like adam henrique in the playoffs because they're never going to make a mental mistake he wins all kinds of face-offs and uh as great as savoy on the penalty kill i mean yeah he was he was a huge loss as things unfolded but

I mean, the injuries played a big, big part of it because the injuries, to your point, their young players got better every game.

They got more and more confidence, and they were tougher and tougher to put away, and eventually they got us.