00:00So over in the East, Tampa Bay was fantastic.
00:02And they're the favorites to win the conference.
00:04But certainly Carolina had a really good year.
00:06I don't want to discount Buffalo, too.
00:08You know, they're going to pack the house there.
00:10I know it's a really, really big upcoming series for them as well.
00:15Is it one of the favorites here, George?
00:17Do you think that anybody on the back end has a shot here?
00:19Because the oddsmakers are telling us probably one of those top two teams,
00:23Tampa Bay or Carolina, playing for the Cup.
00:27Yeah, I think it's because they have the experience, right?
00:30Tampa Bay, Vasilevsky.
00:32And, you know, Kucherov, who's had a magnificent season here.
00:34Gensel, Hagel.
00:35They have all that experience.
00:37They've been there, done that.
00:38So I think that's why they get all that credit there.
00:41But it's also because you look at the other contenders here.
00:43You mentioned Buffalo.
00:45Okay, who's studying gold?
00:46Is it Uka Pekalukunin or Alex Lyon?
00:49Montreal, really good young team here.
00:51They're going to go with the rookie there, right?
00:53Dobes.
00:55Carolina's got the same problem, by the way.
00:56They got a rookie in Boosie.
00:57Or is it going to be the old veteran, Frederick Anderson,
00:59who's generally failed during the playoffs in net there?
01:03So it's sort of a weird little thing in the playoffs this year
01:06where so many teams don't have that number one goaltender.
01:09You know, outside of Vasilevsky, Boston would sway me,
01:12but no one really expects them to do that much damage.
01:14The question for the Lightning is going to be,
01:17will Victor Hedman be back?
01:19He's been out due to personal reasons that we don't know exactly why
01:21for, once again, about a month.
01:23Is he returning for game one here?
01:25It is a huge loss if he's not there.
01:28I do like Tampa Bay to be that team to beat there.
01:30I think it's going to be Tampa Bay and Colorado in the finals.
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