Nick Kypreos

And Detroit was in first.

Top five for sure.

No question in my mind, top five.

In terms of the goaltending, it's been well documented with Allmark.

When he's on, he's great.

When he's off, no one really knows for sure in terms of where he is, when he's coming back.

But they are...

They're as good as anybody if this guy's on.

And I'm not sure Sammy wants to hear this, but I think they would have had a much better chance maybe last spring to knock off the Leafs if that guy actually showed up in that series.

So just, you know, I don't know for sure the...

the probabilities of this, but it could be one of Montreal, Tampa, Buffalo, Buffalo, Carolina, right?

I know you mentioned Brady Kachuk a little earlier with the injury, and everything indicates that he'll be ready to go for game one, but how important are these playoffs for Brady, for the relationship moving forward, two years left on his deal, how Ottawa fans feel about him?

Like, is there any correlation to success here and a long-term situation still forecasted for Brady Kachuk in Ottawa?

You're like everybody else just outside of Toronto, man.

Everybody's loving it.

So when it comes to the Leafs, it's all about what kind of structure we're going to see at the managerial level here.

Compare that to the structure in Ottawa, obviously led by Michael and Lauer.

But all hockey guys, right?

Steos, Poulin, DiMaio.

Tell us about the dynamic of that and maybe what you see that works or some of the challenges as well.