Mark Masters

But, you know, oftentimes reporters will put in requests.

Ultimately, the team will make the decision.

I know, like, yesterday, for example, one of the players requested was Scott Ludden, but instead we got Joseph Wohl.

So the team can make changes as they see fit depending on the game.

Sometimes there's a player getting treatment.

Sometimes a player just needs a break.

In the case of that game, I'm not sure what happened Friday morning.

I do not believe Matthews was among the requested players after the game Friday night.

I know if I had been there at the Lisaville on Friday morning, I definitely would have asked to talk to Austin because I love asking him Mitch-related questions.

So I would have jumped to that opportunity.

But that's how it usually works.

And usually the requests are granted.

It's a very high rate, but the team can make changes as they see fit.

Yeah, we were talking, doing a hit afterwards for SportsCenter, me and Chris Johnston, and we were wondering, like, did we overhype it a little bit?

Just because it wasn't quite as intense as I thought it was going to be.

Like, Mitch Marner got a lot more cheers than I thought during that video tribute.

There was a standing ovation.

I think probably the way the game played out played into that, right?

Vegas was out 2-0 right away, and Toronto made a push in the second period but could not quite get back into it.

I thought it was funny they were cheering him when he left the ice after his shifts.