During Sunday’s off-day press conference, NHL.com’s Dan Rosen asked the players available and Coach Cooper the same question. Basically, does having a day off like Sunday, where the players just had to travel back to Tampa and then had the rest of the day to do whatever give them a chance to clear their heads a bit after a tough loss.
The collective answer was basically, sure. It makes sense, that getting away from the rink after a tough loss, in the middle of an even tougher series, would be good for the soul. That got me to thinking about how nice it must be compared to last season in the bubble.