NIKOLAJ EHLERS will keep his head down and do the nose-to-the-grindstone thing, just as expected.
'I'm still here, so that's good. I'm going to keep doing what I'm doing. There's lots of good players here but this is definitely where I want to be at'
But when a guy gets this close to making an NHL club and fulfilling a lifelong dream, well, excuse him if every day he's still with the big team doesn't have a Christmas Eve feel.
