We’re 5 games in, not 5 games left.

With big guys out, this season is going to be a frustrating puzzle of fitting the right pieces in the right places.

It's going to be tough juggling lines for the match-ups of every game without all the pieces, especially without the current Selke winner.

The pieces aren't fitting yet, but there's a lonnnnnnnnnnng way to go with lots of pieces still in the box.

Baseball has a 162-game regular season. You would lose your mind micromanaging every loss, and bad bounces aren't as common in baseball, and no one has ever tipped in a pitch on the way to the catcher. Except for that one time when a seagull flew by and was obliterated by a Randy Johnson fastball – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ih_ovjbwQGk

I feel bad for Islander fans. They're already banging their heads against the wall at 0-3. Come on!, you have 79 games to go! Start drinking when they're 2-16 or 4-19.

The puzzle will become more obvious as time progresses; look at the puzzle in 10-game chunks.

There are 2 really good scouts sitting up in the Press Box watching every game, seeing the big picture and taking notes on how to fit the pieces – Barky and Chucky.

If PoMo and Zito decide they need a few pieces to finish the puzzle, they'll get them.

Hopefully Bob stays healthy, everyone comes back at 100%, slide into the Playoffs, and then put the foot on the gas pedal.

When you look around the League, there are already a lot of teams missing big pieces in their puzzle early in the season – https://www.espn.com/nhl/injuries

We have the worst when it comes to dates of return.

I'm not going to get wound up every time they lose. (Unless they lose 8 in a row.)

Nobody expected them to go 82-0.

Finishing first is nice, so is getting into the Playoffs on a Wild Card.

We've got the Cup, and someone will have to take it away from us.

To quote a couple of lines from the movie 'Major League' – Well, I guess there's only one thing to do. Win the whole fucking thing."

Some folks see the cup half-full or half-empty.

I see the Cup.