Jesse Granger

Losing Alex Petrangelo was a massive hit, and they've replaced him with Noah Hannifin and Rasmus Andersen, who are both good defensemen, but nobody's on Alex Petrangelo's tier.

So, yeah, the pieces are slowly getting a little bit older.

They need another cut before they run out, and this might be as good of a chance they're going to get.

Yeah, it seemed he did, right?

It was after the game.

It was the next morning.

Tortorella, he...

this is the first time I've ever covered him on a daily basis.

And he, he's got his moods where he's not in the mood to tell us anything.

And then sometimes he's in the mood to say things.

And when he is, it's great because he says exactly what's on his mind.

And he, the one thing he's never afraid to do is if he's got a chance to stand up for one of his players and kind of be that guy to voice, to be the loud voice of encouragement and on their side, he is not afraid to do that.

So yeah,

Yeah.

I mean, and, and honestly, he's seen the best of Mitch Marner.

Like there were times throughout this regular season where it was like, is he, how, where does he fit?

They've played him at center.

They've played him on both sides.

They've played him with different lines.

They kind of, the golden Knights were struggling to find the perfect match for Mitch Marner and not that he was bad during that stretch.