So what stuck out most to both of you in the preseason?

What stuck out most to me in the preseason, Samuel Montembeault had a great preseason compared to a year ago.

All right? So he showed up in great shape.

He showed up ready.

It's a sign of character.

And we shouldn't have doubted him.

And I know a lot of people did.

back up his

I'm not

surprised.

You know what they say about men who can dance, eh? They can dance.

I want to talk to you about this whole Shifley thing, right? I've been giving it some thought.

And Shifley is, obviously, he's, what is he, 33? At the end of his contract, he's going to be 38.

And I've been thinking about it.

And what the Canadians got to do, is if they're interested in Shifley, and there's every reason to be because he's got five years left on his deal.

I know you've talked about it on your show, but I just wanted to get your take on Kirby Doc's media availability yesterday and how you came away personally from that thinking, okay, this kid's not in a good place or can he bounce back? What's your take on Doc's situation right now?

Me too.

I don't know how you take a team that started a rebuild five years ago, finished last, obviously, fifth last the following year, fifth last the year after that but with more points.

The year after that, they made the playoffs on the final game of the regular season and got eliminated in round one.

And last year, they had 106-point season.

They had players who achieved personal milestones.

Nick Suzuki, 101 points.

Cole Caufield, 51 goals, second leading goal scorer in the National Hockey League, top in the last two years.

Go

just

telling me.

Jacob Dobish gets the starting goal tonight after Dobish lost versus San Jose on Saturday.

Fowler was in on Sunday.

He lost.

So Dobish gets the starting goal, which I think is interesting because we'll talk about that in just a second.

Jaden Struble's in for Arbor Jack Eye.

Do you think Marty's done a good enough job of adapting, you know, let's not say game by game, but chunks of the season, and as the season goes on progressing, has he adapted enough, or does he need to maybe reevaluate?