Eric Engels

But he does not get enough credit for how well he stimulates offense with his feet and with his passing and with his ability to extend offensive zone possession by making the right reads and knowing when it's his turn to go.

And he did that a lot against Tampa.

He did it again against Buffalo.

And

a great start to the series.

Caden Gouley showed you the best version of himself in game one of the series.

It's the, I'm going to be a prick to play against version of Caden Gouley.

And I don't need him to be as involved offensively as carry a generally is, um,

although he made a phenomenal stretch pass up the ice on one of the goals.

If he focuses on that defense-first mentality and not worrying about having to do all the things that his skill set would enable him to do and just do that, the other stuff will come.

And he's not fun to play against.

He's not fun to play against.

By the way, I have to say, like,

Of course, it's not a good turnover in the first 30 seconds of the game by Matheson.

He was forced into it.

He made a mistake.

He had much more egregious ones in Game 7 against Buffalo.

But even in that game...

Because of those moments in the game that are so extreme to the eyes, you could easily miss what he's doing defensively and how hard he is to play against.

He was so good last night.