Mike Johnson

But this whole year, they played the same way and the concerns have always been the same.

They've been a little bit

A little bit leaky, a little bit unreliable.

Defensive coverage has not been great beyond the goaltending.

And he hasn't been able to get them back.

So I'm not saying he can't, because obviously you just mentioned he did.

They were really good defensively for two straight years.

Maybe it's personnel, maybe the team's tuning them out.

I don't know.

But, oh, what other changes?

You can't, there's only so many changes you can make personnel-wise.

I'm sure they'll explore everything.

The same way the Leafs are exploring Morgan Rielly, they will explore Darnell Nurse.

Like, I think they have to put everything on the table to,

knowing you got two years and a discount.

And if you come back next year with the exact same group and it doesn't go well, you wonder if Conor McDavid turns into Quinn Hughes or Austin Matthews.

I mean, that same sort of conversation creeps up because he's there to win.

He set up his contract so that you could.

And if you're not providing the environment, then I'm sure he would question it.

Now, he doesn't want to get there.