Mike Johnson

That's way ahead, getting way ahead.

But I think if they were to lose tonight,

and go out, yeah, there would be a lot of significant changes on and off the ice would be on the table.

Yeah, but that's true.

But when you say that to presumably the media, which would get to your bosses, well, guess who's been tasked with making that goaltending work?

Those guys above you.

So if blame has to go somewhere, even if it should go to management, they're not going to take it.

It's going to go back down to the coach because if they can...

put it on him as opposed to put it on themselves because if it becomes that they're the reason why they've really come up short this year and have struggled so much based on expectations, then the target turns to them and management doesn't want that to be the case either.

It will be interesting because nothing has felt right this year.

They had a decent year but in that pillow fight Pacific they didn't win it.

They barely got home ice and they felt

Not like an elite team the entire season.

This might be generous.

10 to 14.

Yeah, but you're right, Noodles.

You're absolutely right.

But I just wonder, the goaltending has been so up and down, and Jari has two more years on his contract for $6 million.

So, I mean, you can start right there and say, okay, well, they've already spent assets to get rid of Skinner and bring in Jari.

They're going to spend more assets to get rid of