Pierre LeBrun

Strutty, you and I grew up in Edmonton.

Sometimes these cold weather places aren't the number one destination spot.

So you have to pay, I'd call it either cold weather tax or tax to be in a Canadian market, all of that type of stuff.

But Winnipeg's had a really good team.

And if you think about it, yes, it's been noisy in Toronto, noisy in Edmonton, a little bit of noise in Ottawa.

But Winnipeg won the President's Trophy a year ago and then missed the playoffs.

Now, Hellebuck hurt.

They've got a core there that I really like.

But Nikolai Ehlers left.

They've got a scenario there where they've got some questions that need to be answered as well.

So we have to throw them into the bucket with all these other teams that we're talking about where they need to have a good summer to get right back on the horse.

And I'll throw one other thing into this mix, guys, when it pertains to the Toronto Maple Leafs.

You want to be like Boston.

Boston had an off year, they crashed and burned, and they came right back this year and made the playoffs.

My question would be, and I know it changes from year to year, and I said it yesterday,

Who's coming out in the Atlantic next year?

I would argue Florida's going to be right back in the mix.

I don't know what that looks like.

But you've got Ottawa.

You've got Detroit that wants to have another offseason to get better and better.