Rick Stephens

No, he did.

He said so.

He did so by his play and reminded folks that this, in his mind, wasn't just coming up for a one-game shot, that he wants to be...

with the Montreal Canadiens as much as possible and as soon as possible, I think were his words.

Well, and he saw an opportunity and he grabbed it.

He did.

Yeah.

And it's not to say that, you know, he has ill feelings towards anyone.

It's just there was an opportunity and he wanted to take it.

We mentioned that his first recall came in December, and that was at a desperate time for Canadians goaltending.

We talked about it.

And, you know, he played well, 4-4-2 record, 902 save percentage, 262 goals against, got a shutout.

But it was time.

You know, we were concerned that...

he had a good showing.

Um, his first recall came before anyone was expecting it.

Um, and, and it was a good showing and it was time to, for him to get back to Laval and continue, um, his solid, um, AHL, uh, season.

And he did, he did just that.

He had to go back, uh, to Laval to preserve his confidence.

Um, and,