00:00But let me ask you this question, because the game's going to play out tonight.
00:03A team is going to win an advance here.
00:04Who do you feel, Tom, gets the advantage, or who does Carolina want to play,
00:10or who do they don't match up as well against in the next round?
00:13You know, frankly, I think that the Canes are better than either team.
00:16And I said this from the start of the playoffs,
00:17that the Canes have a really clean path to get to the conference finals,
00:20that they were absolutely going to take care of the Senators.
00:24I thought they were going to be better than the Flyers or the Penguins.
00:26And now they're sitting here, you know, waiting for where the conference finals
00:29we didn't finally go to the Stanley Cup.
00:30I think they're better than both the Canes.
00:32Both the Canes are both better than the Habs and the Sabres.
00:35I think they would like to play the Sabres just because the goaltending
00:39has been a little bit up and down.
00:40And something about playing at the Bell Center is very tough for opposing teams.
00:44But I think they're better than either.
00:45And I think they get it done in five or six games.
00:48Yeah.
00:49I got to ask, though, Todd, because I don't know.
00:52I don't know tonight with Oklahoma City.
00:54I don't know what's going to happen a couple days with the Knicks.
00:57I don't know what you're going to get for it.
00:59I mean, listen, momentum's a real thing.
01:01I mean, it has been a while since they've played some competitive hockey.
01:06And it really, even the last time they played, it wasn't against a great team.
01:09So I don't know.
01:11What do you do in games one?
01:12Are we looking to fade, Carolina?
01:15I wouldn't be opposed to that.
01:18I would say if anything happens, it's going to be a really ugly game just because they're
01:22not in rhythm.
01:23I think their defense will show up before their offense.
01:25If they're going to start off, quote-unquote, slow, their defense, the way that they play
01:30is suffocating in playoffs.
01:31They play a very, very tough style to play against.
01:34So because the other team is so worn down, they may try and slow the game down.
01:37They don't want the Canes to get out and run.
01:39But it'll be a very ugly start to the series.
01:42They can give me a game two or three.
01:43That's where the Canes can start to pour in a couple goals.
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