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There was some maintenance that needed to be done

He wasn't 100% so we made a decision

You know, that's a call we had to make between periods. I'll just say he wasn't himself,

100%. Certainly could have went back in. We made a decision not to put him back in.

Well, two could be ready to go for game six? I assume he will.

And if he is, and if you play him, you are done.

I think you might be done either way.

But just resetting how we began the program, I think, I think Jeremy Swayman is your only chance.

And still, probably won't be enough.

But I think he's your only chance.

Which isn't to say that I'm blaming Rask for last night. You've got to get all nuanced here. You know, you just got to make sure people understand. I'm not blaming Tuka Rask. But the state of your, I'm blaming your D, I think, is the number one culprit, the number one thing on the list. And Mazz has been big about this for days. Okay Okay? So Mass has been pounding the table on this one for a while. But he's right. It starts with your D. And it starts with how you play in your own end and how you penalty kill. And so you're really leaving your goalie there, hung out to dry in a lot of cases. And if you have any chance of surviving that, and I don't think it's going to change going forward. This is another thing. Carlo is out for game five, game six. I'm sorry, Carlo is out, Miller's out. So you've still got Connor Clifton back there. You've still got Loz on. You've still got to an order. You've still got the same mix of defensemen. And I don't think the condition's going to change.

I don't think those guys are going to improve overnight. I don't. So your goalie is going to be exposed here in this next game or these next two games, if you're lucky enough to stretch it to seven. So the goalie is going to have to bail you out. He's going to have to make saves that you wouldn't ordinarily get. he would have to stand on his head, pull something out of his ass, use whatever euphemism you want. And Tuka Rask is not capable of doing that right now because he's got something. He's not right. And while I don't blame him specifically for any of those goals last night, just look how he played them. He did not put himself in a good position to make those saves. He wasn't strong. He didn't come out of his net. He didn't challenge shooters. He was clearly

hobbled. And that's where he's at. So if your defense is leaky, what makes you think Rask is suddenly

going to spring to life and start coming out and being strong and challenging shooters? He's not right. If Rask is suddenly going to spring to life and start coming out and being strong and

challenging shooters.

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