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Henrik wasn’t being snarky, or frustrated.

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Really, he was just making an observation and his tone was as matter-of-fact as that sounds.

“It’s good for you guys, but that’s the way it is,” he said.

“We know this is the way it’s going to be.”

The “you guys” he’s referencing is the media.

He’s, rightly, pointing out “you guys” are going to dine on the Sedins ice time like we’re all on a Carnival cruise to Alaska and it’s the only breakfast buffet on the ship.

Ya, we may skip breaky a day or two, but we’re eventually circling back to gorge on bad coffee and scrambled eggs.

The “way it’s going to be” is Travis Green’s new world order.

And excuse me if some of us are still trying to collect our bearings.

Because with four minutes left in a 2-2 game after a TV timeout, Green tapped the Burmistrov line to take the centre ice face-off.

It’s been something of a theme. For the second game in a season that’s only two games old, Burmistrov saw a tad more even strength ice time than Henrik through regulation (11:53-to-11:11).