Kyle Bukauskas

But I don't know.

I mean, that was a pretty tightly checked series that the Canadians and Lightning just played.

So I'm curious to see how Buffalo goes about trying to game plan against that.

Yeah, and it's a fair point just because all the stuff that Kevin said about, you know, it's one thing to be able to pass.

Obviously, we're talking about a hand injury here that Dobson's been dealing with.

One thing to be able to shoot, but defending and being able to grip your stick, to feel confident in those scenarios, to battle offensively.

all that stuff.

That's what you'd be most nervous of.

So I could see why if they were looking at, okay, we're in a good place going into game six, let's just wait.

But no, he looked pretty, as Martin St.

Louis said, his poise is kind of one of his best assets and how he was going to help the group the most there by inserting him.

And you certainly did see that throughout much of

of game seven there for, for Dobson, not an easy situation to, to get into, but, um, now like what a, what a helpful asset it is for Montreal into, into round two against, uh, Buffalo with a lot of, a lot of firepower up front for, for the Sabres, uh, as, as we know, and, uh, lots to think about for, for Montreal here, starting the first two games on the road again.

So that one gets underway Wednesday from Buffalo.

The Canadians and Sabres in round number two.

Meanwhile, later on Sunday night, and I'll be honest, through all the postgame stuff and that, I didn't see all of this game, but caught what I could of the third period.

But this was a wild one.

I mean, talk about a complete polar opposite in terms of game style from Montreal, Tampa to Colorado, Minnesota.

9-6, it finishes.

The Avalanche take Game 1.