Rick Stephens

Why did you come to the microphone and say...

you know, we almost made a trade.

And Kent Hughes said, at the end of the day, it's a results-oriented business, but it wasn't for a lack of trying.

And that was the message, in brackets, to our fans.

The message was, we tried.

So what?

But it's results-oriented.

But he started it saying, it's results-oriented.

So kind of that doesn't matter.

No.

But he wanted to,

Playoff-style games, as I said, small margins, attention to detail, one mistake.

And all of that has been happening this week, and the Canadians are struggling to win.

So when you're trying to answer the question, are they built for the playoffs?

Are they ready for the playoffs?

You have to factor that in.

And we got a bit of information by Chris Pronger on the Hockey Night in Canada broadcast, and they were discussing Marty's system.

And Pronger said he feels the Canadians are going to have problems in the playoffs because, as we know, in the playoffs, there's not as much room and free flow in the neutral zone.

Neutral zone gets clogged and the teams start playing more physical.

So in Pronger's opinion, he doesn't think the Canadians will be able to move the puck around.