Remember last year when the Montreal Canadiens swept the Tampa Bay Lightning in the first round of the playoffs? You know who has an extremely vivid memory of that? Steve Yzerman.
After the Canadiens completely exploited the Lightning's big, lumbering, immobile defense during that series, Yzerman quickly went to work remaking his defense core in order to better handle quick teams. Gone are Eric Brewer, Radko Gudas, Mike Kostka, Sami Salo, and Keith Aulie, and in are Anton Stralman, Jason Garrison, and Brayden Coburn.