Rick Stephens

He sure does.

but is he successful no is he successful no he's not he's not successful he's not successful uh being a defensive defenseman or a penalty killer but he's embraced that role and i guess we'll have to agree with that yeah embracing it just i mean again the and so okay again

We had top five, the top five talking points as approved by the Montreal media when describing Mike Matheson.

But we're just like that.

We'll give you a bonus.

Now, I can't believe... It's simple math, right?

It's simple math, right?

This was so dumb.

I don't know how this gentleman puts his pants on every morning.

The goal in the NHL is to deploy players who make positive plays the more they're on the ice.

It's not the goal to put out the players who make more mistakes as they accumulate ice time.

That's not how it works.

It's not how it works.

I'm sorry.

But you better not be making... But you better not be making... Or you should be stapled to the bench, which doesn't happen.

in mike matheson's case um i'm just gonna i'm gonna unleash here for a minute and and get away from these rules these talking points the approval i'm just gonna just gonna take off the shackles for a minute let my opinion be known and then we can we can go back to everybody might want to take a step back from their headphones here's mike matheson in my view high risk

High risk player.

He's like a young player who's come out of high risk.

Reckless.

Like he made that play less than, what, three minutes left the other night?