"I think this is a 'hopefully this run goes long enough and maybe we can see what happens a few weeks from now' type of thing," said Paulsen the day prior. "Again, that's what I'm hearing. I'm not going hard in the paint. No reports. I don't need a bunch of people on NHL.com citing 106.7 The Fan. What I'm telling you is just a little birdie chirping, a little rumbling, a little thing that I heard. I'm not going to go into specifics or details."