Jamie McLennan

Stuart Skinner's played a lot of games in the playoffs the last couple years, obviously.

But I look at it.

There's not a lot of experience on the quote-unquote cup contenders.

Jake Ottinger, obviously, in Dallas.

So, Craig, this is the one thing that I think has been the common theme throughout the whole season for me and probably everybody else as well.

The condensed schedule, the Olympics, and now you see massive injuries.

And, you know, the injury, not just Edmonton, Dreisaitl, Matthews, and Toronto, all of that, but, like, McCarr is not playing again tonight.

Like, you know, you look at every team has had to battle the injury bug.

Do you think...

Now this playoffs, more than ever, it might be the last team standing that is the healthiest team.

Yeah.

That's pretty, I mean, that's where I was going to go, Craig.

You know, the thought process with the awards this year, I mean, there's going to be lots of differing opinions, different arguments.

Are you of the, you know, I guess, mind that your team, to be up for award, your team should make the playoffs?

And I'll give you an example, Celebrini, you know, the Hart finalist type of thing, or Sorokin, the Vezna finalist, you know, because he's been unbelievable and he almost dragged his team to the playoffs.

But he didn't.

So, you know, does that put a hamper on the way you look at it?

Because that's where I'm an award chooser or whatever, and I'm struggling with it because I do believe a lot of those players deserve to be in that thought process.

But, again, you've got to be, you know, pushing your team to the second season as well.

You guys, I'm sure you are too, Craig.