from Ansar Khan of Mlive,

“With the news about San Jose and the uncertainty about what’s going to happen there, I’ve thought about it,” Larkin said. “We talked about it a little bit between the guys this morning. It would be really weird if it was a full NHL production. I’m sure stats people would be here and media as well, but with no fans it would be a completely different game, especially with playoffs coming around. I doubt it would change the way we play or how hard we play. Black seats, and pucks hitting the boards, all the sounds, extra stuff that you don’t think about that fans, the extra noise, takes out of it. It would be a little different.”

Blashill said the thought of playing games in empty arenas hasn’t crossed his mind.

“It hasn’t come to our front porch yet,” he said. “You know how this world is, you’re staying busy trying to prepare to win a hockey game tonight. It’s not to say I don’t know what’s going on. I saw that the women’s world championship was canceled, that starts to inch closer to home. But right now, I haven’t really thought about it outside of the curiosity and also listening to what the decision-makers are telling us what to do.”

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Below, watch a few of the players afte the skate...

added 1:49pm, Blashilll is below.