Ryan Rishaug

Now, some could read into this as though you're trying to soften the blow ahead of time.

Yeah, for sure it's taxing on the players.

I think, you know, we've seen that.

We watched them, you know, we watched them grind through a couple of them Stanley Cup.

It's not impossible, though, Bob.

And I, like the Florida Panthers, I'm pretty sure got the three straight cup finals, didn't they?

They did.

And I'm pretty sure they won two of those three, including the second and third ones they were in.

In seven and six, and when the heat was on them.

I'm not going to look at the Edmonton Oilers playoff year this year with a sympathetic eye, fatigue-wise.

I'm not.

I'm not.

Teams have done it.

They can do it.

Right?

Has it been fatiguing for Bob?

Had they crushed it all regular season and been the top team in the league during the regular season and gotten to the finish line and just with the tank empty because they played later than everybody else and then they took the regular season a lot off.

They took a lot off nights in the regular season, Bob.

This is not a team that killed itself during the regular season.

So there's some gas in the tank here in the playoffs.