Did you even watch the game? Game one, I mean. That charming phrase takes on a whole new meaning now, because I did and yet, beyond that one power play where Auston Matthews tried to will the puck in the net, I don’t remember much. Puck over glass times three — I recall that. And the six on four that didn’t get it done at the end.
I have a vague recollection of the rapidly reconstructed second line with Alexander Kerfoot at centre just not working. I remember seeing William Nylander over in his spot, surveying his pass options and I imagined him yelling, “None of you guys are where you should be!