Whitney

You want to set your team up to face Canada.

You need big D. You need guys that can move the puck.

And I think it's a no-brainer bringing him.

I think Lane Hudson deserves to be on that team as well, too.

But it's like, man, when you've got this many good D, it's tough to have them all.

Yeah.

He's put himself in a position where he should be on the team.

He's done amazing things this year in his first couple of years in the NHL.

But like you said, if one of those skill guys goes out, Quinn or Zach Wierenski, knock on wood, hopefully none of them do.

But I think he would be your guy.

But you're bringing him in just to strictly take up more room on the ice, make good breakouts, kill some penalties and be a pain in the ass to play against.

Yeah, the thing is, I don't think Hudson and Demet, they won't.

Those guys just skate.

Oh, they'll be on the ODR.

They skate every day.

They said that Lane Hudson, a reporter showed up for an optional pregame and he wasn't on the ice.

They were like, oh, no, no, he's injured.

He's injured.

And they were told like the team forced him, like grabbed his gear, locked it in a closet and you're not skating today.

So that's the kind of like he's on the ice 30 minutes before practice starts every day.