Dominic Sramaty

And so there's obviously high expectations for them going into these playoffs.

Look at the names of some of the guys who are playing for them.

Vili Koivunen, Avery Hayes, Tristan Brose, Rooker McGrory, Owen Pickering.

I think also Harrison Brunicke, I think, is down there, too.

And then, of course, the goalies, Miroslav and Blomqvist.

So there's a number of guys there that are going to want to prove that they are ready to play in the NHL next year.

So how those guys do and how well they play individually and as a team in the Calder Cup playoffs, Kyle, I think that could determine some of the Penguins' decisions.

Does anyone burst through and say, you have to have a spot for me next year at the beginning of the year?

And so the full picture probably isn't going to be known until the votes are in on some of those prospects.

That's going to be Dubas' way.

Get younger.

While understanding that you've got a captain there who burns to win.

And he's not just any captain.

He is the captain.

By the way, Kyle, apparently we're going to have to do a podcast next year saying that Pittsburgh, the only team that doesn't care if they win because it works for them.

it's it's kind of what's happened to edmonton in their series against anaheim early on that edmonton would they led games two three and four and they lost all of them uh well game three they were tied going into the third period and they lost it but in games two and four they were ahead and and they lost and a lot of that is experience kyle i really believe it and uh again i

This is another series where I think some of Vegas's guys took a long time to get started, like Dorofiev, who now all of a sudden is red hot and helped win that game.

But experience matters.

And like that winning goal by Howden in game number five, it's basically one on four.

And in those moments when you're playing, they almost played a full overtime in game four and they were into double overtime in game five in three nights.