Elliotte Friedman

But your thoughts on this series here as we are about to get it going.

We're a big fan of your son.

I think it was so critical for both teams in their first round.

You mentioned Buffalo.

They had to get to the realization and prove to themselves that they could adapt to how Boston played, and they did that.

Montreal...

How do we handle a veteran team when games get tight?

Do we shrink?

Do we panic?

They didn't do any of that.

Slavkovsky said it on Tuesday after that series against the Lightning.

He feels like we're all better hockey players now because of it.

I think we've talked about it in the past, like when you don't really have much...

playoff experience.

It's like every game is almost like dog years, that type of effect versus the regular season.

So for all those guys that now have six games more experience, seven games more, it is a world of a difference.

Martin Seloui got out of his comfort zone in terms of the ability to adapt and change things on the fly with different lines and combinations he put out there.

That, I think, was a big hurdle for himself as a coach.

You've got

The veteran man in Lindy Ruff who's been doing this forever and ever and ever and has seen just about everything.