Mike Maniscalco
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And how many guys do you know can sit for 54 days and then like, okay, we're going to put you in the Stanley Cup and go win it for us.
I do think, and that's the other part when you talk about when the series changed, when Brandon Bussey came in in that third period in game number three, and I thought it was genius of Paul Schoenfelder, the goaltending coach, and Rod Brendamore to don't yank Freddie in the
you start the period with Brandon and give him a chance to get accustomed to it.
But everything for him is a learning experience, uh, wins and losses and, you know, bus trips and plane rides.
It's, he just, he just soaks it all in and, um, he transfers it to the ice.
He's got this great demeanor and, uh,
His dad, it's funny, is last night, his parents come up to me on the ice and his dad is like, I need to meet Trip Tracy because I want to talk goaltending with Trip.
I think that sums it up perfectly, Jeff.
And much like Greg, I have to catch a bus to get to a plane.
So they will leave me here.
They will leave me here in Vegas.
I got time for one more.
Most unsung member of this team.
And I'll go back to the start of this season.
when Jacob Slavin plays two games and then he misses a good majority of it.
He only played 40 games this year.
Sean Walker went from playing about 17 minutes a night last year for Carolina to about 21, 22 minutes a night.
He's physical.
He blocks shots.
He's quiet.