Peter Laviolette

a turnover in the neutral zone, Anaheim coming the other way, you get young skill, you're trying to make a platform, it goes over, they get the turnover at the red line, they dump it again, and then they get the third goal.

And so you're so right about the management.

And I do think that's a learning process, but I also think that it's part of like a...

a mindset of your team that, yes, we can score off the rush, but, man, we can also score and generate offense by putting the puck behind you.

I thought Edmonton did a really good job of playing a simple game in the first period last night and got themselves a lead.

I do think that the younger players are coming into the league stronger, stronger.

better mentally prepared, better diet, better everything, like the preparation for these young players now.

And they're playing at these high levels with junior hockey as well.

you know, playing an international style games.

It's building them into these games where maybe they're not so shell-shocked by the opportunity.

Like a team like Montreal, for instance, I don't think that this is something that just happened overnight and all of a sudden you're like, you know, welcome to the playoffs.

This is all part of a learning process for them.

If they move on, great.

If they don't, they did a lot of good things to have themselves a great regular season and like, again, in my opinion, probably put on the best performance

show so far with regard to a series, them and Tampa, all of that's part of a learning process.

Well, they'll continue to grow and continue to develop.

But there's, you know, there's no question to what you're saying that the younger, a lot of the players and the younger players that are put into those situations, they're doing a really good job right now.

I mean, they're contributing.

They're

They're difference makers.