Eric Engels

That said, you know, the stakes do go up.

And I think if Marty, who generally has no issue shortening his bench,

would have potentially considered that, you know, they might have extended play, but that stuff will never know.

Now he's got to consider lineup changes.

Kapanen has a chance to get that puck in with nobody pressuring him and he shoots it right into his chat field and it goes the other way immediately while Babson and Dobson are trying to make a change.

And Ehlers, who's a burner and one of the biggest burners in the league, has enough speed to separate and create that opportunity to score.

You want to look at that play in isolation and say Kaepernick shouldn't play.

There's an argument to make for that.

You want to look at Kaepernick's game in general through seven of the playoffs.

He sat out for most of the Buffalo series through 10 minutes.

that night.

No shots on net.

I think the reason he was in over Valeno and Gallagher is you're going to get rush chances against Carolina.

As a rookie who scored 22 goals this year, the idea that he could finish them better than those other two guys is not a stretch.

No shots on net through 10 minutes.

If you don't shoot, you're not going to get a chance to score.

I just think his game in general is left enough to be desired that I don't think he'll be playing this one.

That said,

Marty St.

Louis, you know, when everybody thought he should pull Kirby Dock in the first round, stuck with him and he came back and played a huge game three and won it for the Canadiens.