Hockey Showdown: US vs Canada Game Analysis Tonight

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00:00All right, so let's talk about the game tonight.

00:02It's the worst thing ever that Mike Lang's gone.

00:04I think it's bad for business.

00:06Let me just say this.

00:07Tonight, I just want to tell you how much I hate Canadians.

00:11OK.

00:13You're allowed.

00:14You're allowed.

00:15Scotty, here's how important this game is.

00:17I've been doing this for 25 years.

00:20Including you, I have six requests

00:23to talk about this game before the game starts.

00:25I've never had that many requests.

00:27This has morphed into something way, way bigger

00:29than the NHL, NHLPA ever thought it would be.

00:33Without question.

00:35It's bigger than, it really is bigger than anything

00:39I've seen in the NHL in a long time.

00:43Like, this is not an exhibition.

00:46This is not just another game.

00:48This is the Cold War.

00:50I mean, it really is.

00:51Like, there is a lot of tension between Canada

00:54and the United States, politically speaking.

00:56And in hockey, no one can even fathom that the US beat them.

01:01And then they beat them in Montreal,

01:03where they spent days booing them, and hating us,

01:07and vilifying us.

01:09And now they're playing in the Garden in Boston.

01:11Tonight, I have a feeling they're

01:12going to get a taste of their own medicine.

01:14But I still think that Canadian team can win this game.

01:16Marenzi thinks it's 3-0 Canada.

01:20Well, there's one big advantage Canada has, the health.

01:23Both Chucks are banged up.

01:24Austin Matthews is banged up.

01:26No Charlie McAvoy.

01:28US has an advantage in net and on the blue line.

01:31The Fords are certainly going to beat that.

01:32And it's kind of, people think it's a made-up tournament.

01:34It's been overtaken by politics.

01:37Go watch Conor McDavid's first goal on Saturday night,

01:40and look at the celebration.

01:42And you tell me this is a made-up tournament

01:43that nobody cares about.

01:44That's such BS.

01:46Like, this is so important to these guys.

01:48They've waited nine years, since 2016 World Cup of Hockey,

01:52to play in this tournament.

01:53This is a special night.

01:54And I can't wait for Todd Angeli, the big guy who does,

01:56he's a bartender here at TD Garden,

01:59to sing the national anthem.

02:00It's going to be an explosive night to start.

02:03I don't think there's going to be three fights in nine

02:04seconds, but this is very, very meaningful.

02:06Because you know what, Scotty?

02:08People that never watched sports will watch this game tonight.

02:11It's not just a casual fan or the casual hockey fan.

02:14People who never turn on a sporting event,

02:16I bet you will turn on this event tonight.

02:19Oh, I think they will too.

02:21So because of all those injuries and banged-up players,

02:25are you leaning Canada?

02:28No, because I'm playing the under.

02:30And here's why.

02:32Here's why.

02:33Jack Eichel, Austin Matthews, Dylan Larkin, and Vinny

02:36Trochek down the middle.

02:37So it's like every other hockey game, you win down the middle,

02:40and you win with goaltending.

02:41They have the better goaltender.

02:42And go watch the game again from Saturday.

02:45The US played great defense.

02:47The zone entries, they couldn't get through.

02:49Now, Kel McCarr is going to play tonight.

02:51That's going to make a difference.

02:52But I think the defensive effort by Jack Eichel and Austin

02:55Matthews on the top two.

02:56And we have Dylan Larkin, who's a star

02:57playing your third-line center.

02:59Like, you got a legit shot.

03:00This is a 2-1 game again, Scotty.

03:02This is not going to be a high-scoring game.

03:04And you got to hope that if you're rooting for Canada,

03:05that Bennington doesn't give up a softy.

03:07And if he does, you're going to lose the game.

03:09Look, Gabe might be right.

03:10And they could absolutely win.

03:12This is a toss-up game, Scotty, because they're

03:14not much separating the team.

03:15Because they had advantages.

03:16Like I mentioned, you know, the forwards

03:18and the health of Canada.

03:20But the blue line and goaltending for the US.

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