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It’s sort of a thing.

“He definitely does not look off Boeser,” Green said.

“No, he doesn’t.”

Well, there do seem to be opportunities for him to pass to Boeser and he …

“I can tell you, here’s not a Swedish-Finnish connection that he’s trying to make sure Boeser doesn’t get too many goals,” Green said.

Hmmm.

So there are never times …

“No. No.”

Where you’re on the bench …

“No, no.”

Thinking, ‘My god, he should have passed to the guy with 22 goals.’

“There might be a time where you think that but he’s not looking him off, I can tell you that and saying ‘I do not want to pass to Boeser.'”

First, I think he just admitted he thinks the same on the bench.

Second, god bless Travis Green for answering our questions.

Green’s closing statement: “When you talk about team guys, Eddie is a team guy all the way through. He wants to win. He wants to do well.

“It’s funny, when you’re coaching or watching video, it’s so easy to sit there when you’re way up top and say: ‘My god, the guy is open, he has to pass it to him.’

“Until you get on the ice and see how fast it is, and feel the heat of someone’s stick intercepting a pass for a breakaway …

“The guys who are high, high end power play quarterbacks, they make that play and we want Eddie to make the right plays.

“There are lots of times where a guy doesn’t make the pass and you wish he did.

“But he’s not blowing him off, I can tell you that.”

Read that second last sentence again.

See you from D.C., friends.