Dimitri Filipovich

Well, and also add in the fact that his best line mate, who he has incredible chemistry with in Matt Zuccarello, missed three of the five games.

He played game one, had three assists, comes back in their most recent winning game five.

And so he was really carrying around

players who probably should not be playing top line minutes and still crushing the way he was.

I'm with you, and I don't want to support your claim because what I'm about to say is I think Matt Boldy's been their best player.

No, I'm with you.

And I think Kaprizov has maybe nine points in five games, like up 6-0, 5-1-5, just absolutely destroying the other team's top line head-to-head.

And so it's a pretty strong showing from him so far to support that idea that he is underrated because we don't typically...

Whenever we just list all the most talented and most dominant players in the league, he's rarely brought up, or if he is, it's kind of like a throw-in at the end, and he probably deserves to be in that tier.

how like how many of your best players cannot be centers and for you still because it's like well it turns out if it's Caprizo Boldy Hughes and Faber's like that's a pretty good recipe even if you don't have star centers yeah I think what helps is all those guys you listed are so puck dominant in terms of not only carrying the puck but then cycling in the offensive zone and so typically a lot of the responsibilities associated with having a number one center in terms of driving the middle of the ice and creating plays for your teammates those guys kind of just take on that role even though they play on the wing and on defense in Quinn Hughes's case and so

So I'm with you.

I think it's totally fine.

I mean, they're clearly having success doing so.

And we know typically based on the market that you're going to have to pay a premium for centers who probably aren't as good as the price you're going to pay.

I mean, just think about all the rumors about Vincent Trocek and their desire to acquire him and what that acquisition cost would have looked like.

they're undoubtedly better off just building their team this way.

And certainly if a center comes up that they can add, then I think they're going to explore that this summer.

But for now, I don't really see a need for them to acquire one of those guys.

I mean, Joel Eriksson is also one of the more underplayed players in the league.

And so, I mean, it's been a fun series.