31.   Sometimes the answer has to come from plain common sense, or from deep in the gut.

32.   That answer did not have exactly the right ring.

33.   That crafted, enigmatic answer will have to do until next month.

34.   The answer had the feel of someone talking euphemistically about the loss of a loved one.

35.   The answer has everything to do with how the entertainment industry has changed.

36.   The answer has to be in the way the game is played, in how it has been modified to allow the lowly to skate with the elite.

37.   The answer has to be more than once-every-five-years phenomena like Cassandra Wilson or Diana Krall.

38.   The answer may have less to do with sales figures than with national pride.

39.   The answers have to do with the extraordinary growth of organized youth hockey in this country.

40.   The answer has as much to do with money as it does with injured pride.