Rob Brown

I think when everyone is healthy, and you're adding Hyman and Drysaddle, so you're dropping two guys down, I think Frederick and Doc become your fourth line, but it wouldn't affect the fourth line.

I think the confidence they have gained getting 12, 14 minutes a night

It's just going to give them a leg up going into the playoffs, feeling good about themselves.

Josh Szymanski, I don't think a month ago anyone had him starting Game 83 in the playoffs.

But with the Dickinson injury, I mean, that might be your fourth line.

And he's a big strong centerman that's got a little offensive skills, very smart defensively.

And again, he's gaining confidence.

The only way you can gain confidence in the National Hockey League

is by playing and getting put out there shift after shift in certain situations and feeling comfortable and good about yourself.

It's really hard to get five minutes a night, six minutes a night, and then feel confident when the playoffs start.

Okay, now we really need you.

Well, I really haven't done much for the last five months.

So I think the depth players have stepped up and been very good.

I think Ike Howard's different, I think.

I'm not sure you're going to see much of Ike Howard, if any, come playoff time.

I think if you get to Ike Howard, there's probably something that's gone wrong because you've run into injury problems.

But I think that the biggest ones for me are Szymanski, Dock, and Frederick, who had so much trust from Knobloch in last night's game.

They were going head-to-head against McKinnon.

mckinnon's the rocket richard trophy guy right now might win the heart third in the nhl in points he's he's in the he's kucherov and mcdavid are the three best players in the world along with leon and those three guys went head to head and mckinnon had zero points so i i think the depth players of the edmonton oilers have taken huge steps forward and that's good because we know what connor can do and hyman can do and nuja hopkins and dry sidle

The depth players we saw in Florida, how they tilted the series.