Pierre McGuire

I'm pulling him for many reasons.

I'm pulling him because...

I'm worried the way the way the game is going.

I don't want four to become six and I don't want six to become seven.

I don't want them to get in his head.

I'm pulling him because I'm trying to change the momentum of the hockey game.

I'm pulling him because I'm trying to do something.

I'm pulling him because I'm trying to send the message.

Having said that, I understand all the reasons why you're not pulling him.

You're not pulling him because you don't want it to look like he's to blame.

You don't want it to look like, OK, you know what?

He's the culprit tonight.

You don't want to pull him because probably pulling him will actually affect his confidence because he might think, you know what?

They didn't think I had a very good game tonight.

So I understand.

I get it.

If your best players aren't your best players, you're not going to win.

The Canadiens didn't have enough of those guys tonight, I thought.

We've been waiting for Demidov and Cole Caulfield to find their game.

They didn't have it in round one, and they didn't have it in game one of round two.