Jesse Pierce

I think right now it looks a little bit deceiving because Minnesota is within five points, but Colorado has, I think, got three games in hand.

I think at some point, if you're Bill Guerin, if you're John Hines and that coaching staff,

You've got to be smart because the one thing I know, if you're going to try to run the gauntlet and beat two of the best three teams in the league in consecutive series, likely Dallas and then Colorado, and then, oh, by the way, likely a team like Vegas in that conference final,

you're going to have to be healthy and you're going to have to be rested and ready to go.

And if you're locked in to a match with Dallas, I don't know if I go all in on just trying to get home ice in that series, because I really don't believe it's that big a deal.

And I would rather see this team rested and healthy.

And so I wonder how they're going to play this out.

And I know that,

You know, you don't see a lot of load management in the National Hockey League.

That's why we love that compared to the NBA.

But I'd be very surprised if some of these teams, but specifically this team here in Minnesota, didn't maybe use some caution here down the stretch.

But yeah, it was good fun.

That's the beauty of social media.

You know, hearing Mike Arruzzione get interviewed, how different it was in 1980.

He said, you know, until we really got back to D.C.

to go see the president and saw the media and all the attention, you know, we were kind of, you know, in Lake Placid.

really sheltered from all of that.

And it's so different now where you've got cameras inside the locker room right after the game, you've got, you know, video of their party at, at the headquarters for USA at the Olympic village and all the stuff you're talking about, you know, we, we feel like we're right there with them.

It can be really good, but, you know, again, it can also put guys in a weird spot.

So they were having a great time, rightfully so.