I want to remind you before I say this, before I get your answers, Patrice Bergeron chose to play against the Montreal Canadiens in game 82 last year, a game where he, on the record-breaking, unbelievable, Unstoppable Boston Bruins, hurt his back and was not the same against the Florida Panthers throughout the series. It hurt the Boston Bruins. Obviously, there were other issues, goal-tending injuries, etc. But the Boston Bruins, who broke all the records last year, didn't get out of the first round. So you guys got to be the head coach now. We are guaranteeing that Matthews hits 70 in game 82. He will not score in game 81 in this hypothetical scenario. What do you do? Do you play him or do you arrest him?

No one's going to like this answer. Set him.

Steven.

I know. Why? Why? Because of all the reasons you just outlined. Don't set me up for the right answer and then scope me for it.

Jesse. It's such a tough one. Because my mind goes to, you can get injured in game one, you can get injured in game 82. But game 82, everything's solved. In game one- Nothing's solved. So that logic, I'm trying to fight against myself for that argument.

You got to play at some point.

I know. But on game one, you're fighting for something. On game 82, you're not fighting for anything. There's nothing competitive that you're competing for because because everything's been solved. You know what's going to happen. You made the playoff. You know who you're going to face. So, logically, you can't just chase a round number. You have to sit up.

Well, not to mention, if the Bruins locked down the one seed today. That locks Florida into two and the leaves into three. It locks the leaves in Florida into we know who's playing where and when. The game on Tuesday will just be a, I'm trying to break all of your bones fest because there's nothing at stake. There's nothing at stake other than softening up your first-round opponent. Why wouldn't you just staple yourself to Austin Matthews and cross-check him in the vertebrae?

Especially if it's the Panthers. Yes. Now, I gave you a hypothetical, guys. Is there a world where you speak to Austin and go, Listen, we're not playing you against Florida. And I think the reasons are obvious. We will play you against Tampa. And as soon as you score, if you score, you don't play another shift.

Oh, you think he doesn't play tomorrow, but he plays Wednesday?

I wonder if they do that only because does that not make a lot more sense? No. Don't expose him to the Panthers.

I would do. I think you play them tomorrow. You're best of 82. Yeah.

Now, with nick Cousins and Sam Bennett and all those killers out there who love- Tampa has the same type. Yeah, but Tampa is different because they're playing Boston and they don't want to get hurt either.

I think Adam's right in that Wednesday is going to be two teams who are like, You know what? I got bigger fish to fry right now. I don't care about you. You don't care about me. We don't like each other. We don't have to like each other. If we meet down the road, we meet down the road. Right now, we have our team to beat. You have your team to beat. Let's play some AHLers and get the hell out of here.

That's the easier game where everybody's doing it.

You put Matthews in that game.

Yeah.

To play against... To score his 70th of the season against I don't even- Jonas Johansson. Jonas Johansson or Matt Tompkins or whatever their names are. Boys, girls, children of all ages, I don't think it's happening.

You don't So that was going to be my next question. Jesse, do you think 70 happens?

Yeah, I think he plays one of the next two games. I don't think he sits both games. You don't think he plays again?

If he gets hurt in either of the next two games, someone has to be fired for that decision.

You don't think he plays? No. I disagree with that. I think you give him one more game.

I think you got to give him one more game. I think you got to. Listen, if he had 70 right now as we sat, I'd be like, Yeah, no, you're not even flying to Florida.

It's not even a discussion. Yeah, it's not even a discussion. But you saw the look on his face.