Peter Laviolette

Utah, a lot of young players on Utah doing great things out there.

So all the teams have that.

I think it's usually some sort of a mix of the veteran players, the fork line guys, and then the young guys that can come in and really provide some skill and some game to it.

To your question, I'm not really surprised by it.

I think they've

A lot of these guys have been schooled down a road where, and then they played the regular season too.

It's not like it's game one.

They've grown into this.

They've built this inside of themselves and inside of their teams.

Now they have a chance to make an impact in a series.

So for me, when you're coaching the minors, which I started out with, oh, dog, you're really getting on everything, right?

You're working on the offense, the defense.

You've got your hand on the power play.

And back then, there wasn't a lot of coaches.

Right now, there's more coaches, and there's probably more managing and delegating of positions now.

But even back then, you're talking 20 years ago when –

you know, the situation that you're talking about.

And it started when I came in with the Islanders.

And so I was doing a lot when I was in the minors and now I'm with the Islanders.

And so it just kind of leaked over into that.