Jason Strudwick

And I remember specifically talking to Petro, the enjoyment he got out of the second one was watching the guys that were getting it for the first time.

And I really enjoyed that part of it after we won the Western Conference.

This is the furthest a lot of our players have gone.

Your Noah Hannafins, your Asmus Andersons, Mitch, who we've talked about, Nick Dowd, Cole Smith.

I mean, there's Thomas Hurdle.

There's a long list of guys.

Carter Hark.

that are in the Stanley Cup finals for the first time.

So, you know, it's nice to have that blend of really good, experienced veterans that we do that have a championship pedigree, and then the excitement that you see of people that are doing it for the first time.

So it's been a good mix.

My own opinion is we have a deeper team.

And when you get to the playoffs, everybody has to take a turn.

And when it comes down to, you know, two or three or four players being responsible for your team advancing to the next round, that's a stiff challenge.

And that's a hard way to win.

And, you know, it's interesting.

I always use the example of your team.

that we won the Stanley Cup.

Jonathan Marcheseau won the Consmith Trophy.

We played Winnipeg in the first round.

In five games, he never scored a goal.