Kirk Muller

It was windy out.

I started outside.

Oh, really?

I was worried about the torch burning out before I even went in there.

Oh, Kipper, you know what?

Honestly, it was epic.

I mean, I felt like a gladiator going out into the Coliseum, but a friendlier crowd, you know?

Right there, I felt like a bride going out.

It was like I had 21,000 people at my wedding.

They wanted me to go a certain pace, and I was like, the guy said, hey, will you move a little quicker?

So now it was like right there where you see it, like you walk out right there and all of a sudden you just start seeing the people and the lights and the noise.

And it's just it's it was just like deafening, you know, and

Everyone in Montreal now wears a red, you know, a jersey.

And it's just pure red.

They got the towels flying in the air and sold out.

It was just emotionally, it was just, I can't explain it.

It was just so exciting.

You know what they have is, well, the guys in Washington last year, we played them in the playoffs, and you could see, and Kipper, you know this, you just have to go through it.

You have the young group of guys and the experience of the playoffs, whether you go one round, two rounds, and I think they learned a lot from last year, and they're carrying it into this year.

But what I see is a really cohesive group.