Pierre McGuire

I mean, I'm going to tell you a dirty little secret.

You guys are all excited about Alex Carrier.

When I was in the meetings in Ottawa and when I was the senior vice president there, I begged to get him.

And we had two great defensemen that Nashville liked, and we could have got him, and I couldn't get any traction with our management people.

I agree.

So they were counting on Byfield being that guy, and they move Laferriere from wing to center.

And that's kind of, they thought he was going to replace Dana with more speed and skill.

That's kind of what happened there.

The top line wasn't great tonight.

We talked about that before.

Combined minus three.

Like Chris said, they were going to bring their A game tonight.

And we talked about it, Tony.

Ehler, Stahl, and Martinuk with Slavin and Chatfield, they were on the ice almost every single time.

Caulfield, Slefkowski, and Suzuki were on the ice.

It was five guys to shut down three.

That's what they did.

The second Josh Anderson goal, Josh Anderson out-muscles Ajo at the point of attack.

He started with his move on Keiondre Miller.

He made Keiondre Miller look pedestrian in that situation.