Zach Hyman makes passionate defense of Jake Gardiner: “He makes plays people don’t see… When the play doesn’t work, he gets criticized, but he doesn’t really get the credit when the play is made”

Did you see this team grow, in many ways, despite the ending not going the way you wanted?

Hyman: Yeah, I think we definitely grew. We set the franchise point record in the regular season. We still didn’t get home ice, which is tough. I thought we had a great year. We went down 3-1 in the playoffs and we battled back and forced a Game 7. We had them up 4-3 going into the third. That’s really all you can ask for. I think it’s going to be a big learning lesson for us going forward.