Dominic Sramaty

Florida had been in the final three straight years, lost 1-1-2, and they were out of gas.

Edmonton had been in the final two straight years.

Not three, but two, and they'd gone far before.

I also think they ran out of gas.

And I think when you take a look at the running out of gas and the injuries, Kyle, I think they knew.

I think they knew.

They were kind of resigned to...

We just didn't have that ability to get to a higher level this year.

They knew they weren't the contender they were the last two seasons.

And we're going to do more of a breakdown on them over the next few days.

I want to take some more time to, you know, make some calls and just think about it a bit.

But this was a really hard year in Edmonton.

I think it was the...

The pressure, the disappointment of going to the final twice and losing, wanting to climb that mountain again.

Like, I don't think the will was lacking.

I think these guys still want to be great and demand to be great, but they just didn't have it.

You know, the goalie trade that didn't work out.

You know, they traded for Ingram, and that one did work out, but they traded for Jari, and that one didn't.

He got one game in the playoffs, and even after he played really well, they were like, no, Ingram's our guy.

They said they weren't going to bring Paul Coffey back.