‘”I think what it says is, psychologically, that doesn’t affect them,” said coach Don Granato. “They’re competitive people. They believe in their own ability and their ability to rise and we’re gonna need guys to rise when players are absent, specifically the caliber of Tuch and Dahlin. We know those guys are incredible hockey players, but it doesn’t say a lot if you’re worried about, ‘This might be the case, this might not be the case and that.’ I don’t think these guys worry that there’s anything they can’t do in the absence of guys, so that was nice to see.”‘