T.J. Oshie

I think they've been scraping here, trying to stay in it, and missing two massive pieces to your puzzle.

You can get away with that for...

you know, a couple weeks.

I remember if we were ever missing like John Carlson and Ovechkin,

It's almost like you'd almost win the next two, three, four games just out of adrenaline alone from trying to pick up the slack.

But it's hard to do that over a long period of time.

So I think it's going to make a huge difference on the entire lineup.

And it's going to lift some of that pressure off of everyone.

And he's going to bring his game.

I'm sure, I mean, coming back from the injury he came back from, I'm sure he is 100%, right?

You're not going to go...

before the Olympics at 75% and have a chance of re-injury.

So I bet he'll hit the ground running.

Yeah, I think it's great.

It keeps everyone in it, right?

You don't want to get around with 20 games left and have most of the playoffs already figured out.

I think it makes it more competitive.

I always loved games that felt important, right?

Obviously, all games are important, but some games...

When you're trying to fight a team for a playoff spot, especially those teams, if bubble teams play each other, in your mind, in your locker room, you're saying, this is a four-point game.