Mike Johnson

Alex Lyon has caught lightning in the bottle and is probably a top seven goalie in the last three months.

He's got like a 9-16 save percentage this year.

He's really, really good.

And then all our guys have come together.

But I do think that game on the weekend, guys, like I'm not a Sunday hockey game watcher very often.

I think that's for other sports and other things.

But I flipped that on.

Against Tampa.

And I was riveted.

And I think a lot of things can come out of that.

One, it's like Tampa, if they think you're serious, they test you.

We're going to talk about Florida being greasy.

Tampa's got a lot of grease in their game, too.

And I think it's a sign of respect for Buffalo.

They said, OK, we're going to we're going to run around a little bit.

We're going to try a dolly and we're going to try different guys and see what happens here.

And the way that Buffalo responded a year after, what was it, Tate Thompson got knocked out by somebody last year.

And it was a big thing where they were not tough enough.

They wouldn't stick up for each other.

And if there was ever an ultimate we're all in it together game, that was it against Tampa.