00:00You know, four straight years that they've been knocked out in the opening round, four straight years.
00:07I mean, John Cooper is a Hall of Fame coach.
00:10There's no guy. He's got over 90 wins in the playoffs.
00:13I think he's ninth or he's 10th all time on the list.
00:16Got Vaselensky, got Kucherov. You got all of these players there.
00:21How do you shake that up? I mean, four straight years.
00:24That can't be with that kind of talent that you have on that team.
00:27What do you think they need to do in that building?
00:30I don't think they need to do much, to tell you the truth, Dan.
00:33You know, it's unfortunate.
00:36I think they probably deserve better last year and this year.
00:40Toronto beat them, but I don't think Toronto was the better team against Tampa.
00:44But they snuck out.
00:47That's a beast of a team.
00:49And I don't think they're going to get any pity from anybody in the National Hockey League
00:53over getting bowed out in the first round in the last four years
00:56after the run that they went on.
00:58And I'm going to agree with you.
01:00I think John Cooper is, without question, a Hall of Famer.
01:06There's no question.
01:06But I think he's been the best coach over the last 15 years by far
01:11in the National Hockey League for so many different reasons,
01:14not just the winning the Stanley Cups
01:15and the amount of playoff seasons he's been in,
01:18but just his overall demeanor.
01:21And I think the way that the players play for him,
01:23the way that they think about him,
01:25he is truly one of the greatest, greatest guys in hockey.
01:29And, you know, I see this team's continuing to play well.
01:33I don't see them diminishing it at all.
01:35I mean, Kucherov is a freak of nature.
01:37I don't know how he does it, but, you know,
01:40your brain points, it's an awesome player.
01:43It's just, it's a fun team to watch.
01:46It's a fun team to watch.
01:48Unfortunately, I think they just ran out of gas this year.
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