I think we ran out of gas. It was like a road game for us.

A lot of it depends on guys who are banged up. We're starting on a road trip and all of those cities are an hour from Omaha. I'm not carrying an extra body if they're not playing, it's that simple. Especially the young guys, they're gonna play, that's the only way they're going to get better.

It's a fine line. If you look at the series, the first game was an overtime game, the second game is a one-goal game, the third game was 3-2 going into the third period, last night was 2-2 into overtime.

It's his first National Hockey League playoff game and you're not playing him 12-15 minutes, you're playing him extensively. You talk with the other guys and ask them about their first playoff games and it's significant.

We just ran out of gas. Our goal all year was to get better every game and we did that. I expect to be back here next year.

I think quite honestly we've signed the No. 1 free agent in the market. I don't think there's anybody else that compares.