Darren McCarty

That's what March 26, going back to you, Whit, about 29 years ago, it was the gravitational, yes, the revenge and all that stuff, us being Colorado, but what it did to the dressing room.

And what it does to the boys.

You know what I'm saying?

When the guy next to you is more important to you than you are to yourself.

And maybe that's the thing that we're missing here in Detroit.

It doesn't feel that way like it does when Tampa Bay's got to say, hey, boys, let's just stick it in the fourth year.

Right?

And they lean on each other with different guys, but it's moving it in and out.

So...

This is, I like this.

This has always been the way it is.

Look at Detroit's record the last months of the season for the last three years when it counts.

But now it's time.

To change the narrative.

So, you know what?

Maybe it'll be the biggest blessing in disguise because that's usually what happens in these instances.

And you know what, Biz?

To that point, yes, I can't wait till the Leafs and the Wings are battling over the top of the Eastern Conference and we got this conversation.

We'll mark it today, but when we have this conversation because it's going for the conference finals, oh, that's when it's going to be the best.

And I'm going to grab you right by that goatee.