John Forslund

He got a day off.

You know, we've never heard of that in the Stanley Cup final.

You know, I don't know what the truth is.

It's puzzling.

It's frustrating as a as a broadcaster to be part of a situation where you don't know.

And even during the national anthem of a Stanley Cup final game, you're not sure whether he's scratched or injured, you know.

That's a whole other subject for another day, but that's been part of the mystique of this final two.

Yeah.

And what's puzzling is it's, it's usually, you know,

top players might get shut down in a series or they might cancel out.

So you could live with, you know, Eichel canceling out Ajo.

But this has been four rounds, really, if we're fair with Sebastian Ajo, Seth Jarvis, and Andrei Svechnikov.

It's been four rounds of average, maybe below, and maybe a little bit above average play.

So you think at some point, yeah, maybe it will happen, but you're right.

51 points,

combined for that Stankhoven line.

And then there's Jordan Stahl.

And, you know, Jordan Stahl's, you know, again, a record setter for goals in all four games of the final.

Could win the cons mice if Carolina wins it.

But it's the other things that he does and has been doing for 17 years, winning face-offs, heavy defensive, blanketing player that could shut down the other side.