00:00my gosh the save that otter had in game six what are your thoughts on how otter's playing right now
00:20and do you think that series had any bearing going into the olympics between him and hellebuck and
00:25who might start for the u.s well that all depends on whether or not team usa considers games played
00:31in milan italy road games or home games because if they're road games then hellebuck shouldn't be
00:36anywhere near them but if they're home games then maybe you think about playing them i mean all
00:40joking aside i mean counter hellebuck's a hell of a goalie and and i think the big difference between
00:45the the guy that we saw for most of that dallas series he played all right in in the elimination
00:50game uh versus what we we could see in the olympics next year is that he goes from having
00:56the winnipeg jets in front of him to having an all-star team in front of him and and you know
01:00as we saw in four nations when you put an all-star team in front of connor hellebuck he plays pretty
01:04well but that being said you know you have to give jake ottinger his flowers for the way that he's
01:10played throughout this postseason the way that he's played in pressure situations the huge saves that
01:15he's made um if not for rant then he's probably their mvp right now and and i'm sure there was a
01:21certain amount of of uh of mano a mano for him and hellebuck in that series i mean ottinger even
01:27nodded at it after the elimination game where he said you know outside of winning a stanley cup
01:32being the starting goaltender for my country in the olympics is my you know biggest goal of my career
01:36and so it had to mean something for him he definitely made a statement winning that series but
01:41uh he's got i think he's got more statements to make as these playoffs go on
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