Peter Laviolette

I mean, he could attack the ice.

He was an effortless skater.

He could put up points.

He was a great defender.

He was a great leader.

You know, his game, to me, there's still room to coach and to show and to teach, but in the same sense, you want to make sure that he's, you're not handcuffing him and he's taking what he needs out on the ice as well.

And you're right, there's

You look at the defensemen, you look at the two defensemen in the Colorado-Minnesota series, you look at Darlene, I think Buffalo's top four defensemen are really good.

I think that that could be a difference maker.

Darlene really getting a chance to show, like with those other two guys, the impact that he could have as he grows through a playoff series, and he gets that opportunity to shine.

I think he's as good as the others, but...

He's certainly in that category, and he has that opportunity in the playoffs here.

But I don't think you want to do anything to try and curb that either.

Well, you're talking about moving the building a couple feet by the fans and the way they react to the game?

I think Montreal is one of those buildings.

It's hard not to get juiced up when you walk onto the ice in Montreal and sometimes it goes dark and they've got the...

They've got one of those songs going on, and the players that were around 40 years ago, 30 years ago, 20 years ago, and the highlights, you can just feel it kind of building inside of it.

Buffalo, I think, is a really tough place to play.

You know, my first year was my first year was in the Nassau Coliseum.

And, you know, it wasn't a it wasn't a wow type of building, but the ceiling was really low.