Ryan Rishaug

But I know I'm not going to be the guy that says they can't.

But they got themselves in one here as a direct result of their inattention to the regular season.

Well, I think it's a good thing.

I think when you factor in the reasons why.

So it's not great that Bouchard played the way he did for the first few games and he's finding it now.

Leon Dreisaitl hobbled into the playoffs.

I think he's probably still more hurt than many of us think he is because he just has a way of doing that.

We all know what was going on with Connor McDavid.

So with all of those circumstances in place, we could very well be talking about this vacuous situation

like, greater of offense that's just not there.

There's no secondary layer.

I mean, we could be talking about that, if not for Kapanen and Todd Coleson and the work that they have done.

Jack Rostovic's been nowhere to be found.

Todd Coleson has been fantastic.

He's been the engine.

He's been the conscience.

He's been the energy.

He's been all of the things that you need when your big guys are struggling or your big guys are beat up.

And it's been massive for this group, Bob.

Just a contract that is going to look incredible moving forward.