Peter Laviolette

He was up there.

And the last thing you want to do is is take that and try to tone that down.

But again, it gets to a point where you need some structure and they need to understand they still have to be.

taught or shown or, you know, what it is that we're trying to do, whether it's back checking or getting above the rush or, you know, off of a forecheck, whatever it might be.

And I'm not saying him.

I'm just saying I think there's coaching that goes on with all players.

But I do think that there's more, you know, there's a little bit more leeway, a little bit more wiggle room with the elite players.

Roman Yossi was a really good offensive defenseman.

You know, back when I had him, you know, he's 25, 27, 28, 29 years old.

He was elite.

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.