Peter Laviolette
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But then you can't switch up the power play units or if a line's not going well, you challenge a line and then before the game starts, they come in and they're not on the same line anymore.
Like, what good does it do?
And so I would think that you could find a couple more minutes, that you could find a matchup, that you could find an offensive zone start.
And maybe it's one.
And again, maybe it's just the confidence that they get from that, that challenge and then the opportunity and then the success of it.
Maybe that can unleash it a little bit for them.
Because there's no time left.
For me, there's always a plan B. So it's game one.
And like I said, they came out so strong and all of a sudden, you know, they find themselves down.
I think it was 4-2, right?
And so it was quick.
It was really quick.
And so I think that you go in tonight and especially with what we just talked about, you said, listen, we need more.
You give them that opportunity.
But for me, there's always a card in my back pocket just to say, okay, it's not going well.
It's time to mix it up.
It's time to shake up.
the third line winger and the first line winger and see if that can bring something to the table.
Maybe it's not a long-term thing.
Maybe it is.