Vegas vs. Dallas: Which NHL Team Reigns Supreme This Season?

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00:00Do you think Vegas is better than Dallas these days?

00:03I mean, their record says they are, their points.

00:061,000%.

00:08I will just add to the equation too,

00:09like Dallas is your prototypical team

00:11that's been there in the Stanley Cup playoffs

00:13and can't push through.

00:14And there's a variety of different examples,

00:16whether it's Edmonton, whether it's Vegas,

00:18whether it's others where you're knocking on that door,

00:20but you can't push through.

00:21So I think there's still a bit of hope.

00:23They got the goaltending, they got the backend.

00:26Some of their youngsters have really struggled

00:27to start this season,

00:28but I think it's hard to dispute that

00:31just because Vegas won a Stanley Cup, right?

00:34I mean, they're right there, got the job done.

00:36And year after year,

00:37they've been pretty consistent in the regular season.

00:39There's just a lot of gamers on that roster.

00:42So I think almost by default,

00:44because they finally pushed through and won a Stanley Cup

00:46and all those conference finals appearances,

00:48I have to go with Vegas in that debate.

00:51So Carver High, I forget what he said to me today

00:53about the Leafs.

00:54He said that they were either gutless or worthless

00:58or wussy, something along those lines.

01:04I drank for several days in Pittsburgh.

01:08I went to the Steeler game.

01:09I just said in the last hour

01:11that the Dragon was catching up to me.

01:13I was seeing double at one segment during the show today.

01:16I don't know exactly what he said to me,

01:18but you're there in Toronto.

01:20It's been so long since they've been able to finish

01:23and win something that matters like the Stanley Cup.

01:26Do you think they're spineless?

01:30No, I think there's a reason why I grew this mustache

01:33to take it back 40 years or whatever it is.

01:38It's always difficult to answer this question

01:40because they can come out and rifle off 110-point season

01:43and lose in seven games in the first round

01:45of the Stanley Cup playoffs.

01:46It's just been hard for the course.

01:48Having said that, it is a process.

01:50Craig Brube's system is a lot different

01:52than Sheldon Keefe.

01:54Defensively speaking, they're way more in tune

01:57with what they're doing.

01:59Consistency has been an issue early on in the season,

02:01but through 19 games, they have 11 wins, six losses.

02:05Two have gone to extra time as well.

02:07So I think the body of work suggests

02:09this is a much different looking team,

02:11but I wish I could answer this question for you better,

02:14but I think until playoff time, we just won't know.

02:17Having said that, I do like the additions.

02:19I think the crease looks really, really good right now

02:21with Anthony Stolarz and Joseph Wall.

02:24I think they made some really good improvements

02:25on the back end, whether it's Oliver Ekman-Larsen

02:27coming in, he's looked really good.

02:29Chris Tanev is a shot blocking machine.

02:31And then up front, they're being really challenged

02:33right now via injury.

02:34We found out earlier today, Austin Matthews

02:36is in Munich talking to doctors.

02:38I mean, it's never a good sign on that front,

02:40but some of the guys they've picked up

02:42have really, really helped off.

02:43But we'll see come playoff time

02:46if this is a different Leafs team,

02:48because that hasn't been the story

02:49with this squad in recent memory.

02:51They get the job done in the regular season,

02:52playoff's a different story.

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