00:00Lindy Ruff has done an amazing job with this hockey team this year.
00:03And right now against the Bruins, man, they're really looking good.
00:07It's 2-1 right now.
00:08Pretty competitive series right now, right?
00:10It is.
00:11And you know what?
00:12I know Boston's going to be desperate, but I bet I'm Buffalo.
00:15This game is a pick-em to me.
00:17I'm watching this team play, and I'm like, look at the speed of these guys.
00:21And then they have Oslo, who comes in the lineup.
00:23He scores like one of the craziest empty net goals.
00:25Alex Tuck is a one-man gang.
00:27He hits you.
00:28He steals pucks.
00:29He fires in at Tage Thompson, a monster, hard to get off the puck.
00:33I look at all their teams, and then I look at their defense, big and tough.
00:37And the crazy thing is, Lindy Ruff, you said it, Dan, pushing all the right buttons.
00:42It's not like Lukainen didn't play well in the first two games, but he goes,
00:44you know what?
00:45Alex Lyon won 10 straight on the road.
00:47I'll put him in a hostile environment in Boston.
00:49This kid's standing on his head.
00:51I love the Sabres' body language.
00:53I love the way they attack.
00:54And you know what?
00:54They're very different than other NHL teams.
00:57They actually shoot the puck from different angles and do stuff.
00:59It doesn't have to be pretty.
01:00And I told my friends yesterday, greasy goals, Valvoline, Quaker State, that's what you do.
01:06You get in front of the net, you tip pucks.
01:08Like, you're not going to find one of these tic-tac-toe goals.
01:10It's grease.
01:11That's why Foligno and the Minnesota Wild came back in that game.
01:15He got dirty in front of the net.
01:16They get it done.
01:17And Dan, you see that final game-winning goal in overtime off a stick.
01:20That's what happens.
01:21If a goaltender will see it, he'll catch it.
01:23So, you got to get in there, you got to go to the tough places, and you're going to get
01:26your head kicked in.
01:27Look at my nose, Dan.
01:28It's bent.
01:28That's because I got beat up.
01:29I got beat up by Eric Cairns and a bunch of these guys when I was, like, a young kid.
01:33And I still got absolutely smoked.
01:35The guy's 6'10 on skates.
01:36He's like, and I run into him at a bar.
01:38I'm like, hey, Eric, remember that time you beat the crap out of me when you were playing selects?
01:42He goes, Cam, I beat the crap out of everybody.
01:44Let's have a beer.
01:46That guy's a monster.
01:48I love it, man.
01:49I mean, absolutely.
01:50All right, hey, the Ducks, are you surprised the Ducks are 2-1 right now against the Oilers?
01:55They're up in that series.
01:56Not surprised at all.
01:58The Ducks have a lot of good.
01:59Seneca, all these young players on their team, too.
02:02You know, they have pretty good.
02:03I think Dostale's kind of a good goaltender.
02:05Dan, people here, the Edmonton Oilers are basically the Toronto Maple Leafs West with Connor McDavid.
02:11Wow.
02:11Their defense is deplorable.
02:14Their goaltending is unacceptable.
02:16Their forwards don't come back.
02:18Like, their game plan, the high danger chances that the Edmonton Oilers give up, it's disgusting.
02:23Like, I watch every other team play in the playoffs.
02:25Like, look at their games.
02:26Every game, five and a half.
02:28They have a seven total because they know probably the game's going to be six to five for somebody.
02:32Edmonton can score, but they can't stop anybody from scoring.
02:35It's not even Ingram's fault all the time.
02:37He's hung out to dry.
02:38It's crazy.
02:39This defense with the Oilers, you've got to get a stay-at-home defenseman.
02:43And you've got to get forwards that play two ways.
02:45Anaheim is younger, hungry.
02:47I'm going to be honest with you.
02:48This series, Edmonton should not be favored in Anaheim tonight on the road.
02:51I think that's nuts.
02:52I think that game should be a pick-em or Anaheim as a slight favorite.
02:55I would have made Anaheim minus 114 instead of plus 114.
02:59That's my opinion.
03:00Could Edmonton win?
03:01Yes.
03:01They have the talent to do it.
03:03McDavid's a little bit banged up.
03:05Don't sleep on the ducks.
03:06They've got a lot of very good young talent on that team.
03:08And I'll tell you, Edmonton, they've got a lot of problems.
03:11They've got to figure it out in the offseason.
03:12This team has been very close, losing to Florida twice in the Stanley Cup Finals.
03:15Guys, you're not going to win the Stanley Cup unless you get better defensively.
03:19You've got the offense with Rice, Edmonton, McDavid, and other guys.
03:22Get defense.
03:22Get better goaltending.
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